13.76.070

Security Deposits.


Any payment or deposit of monies by the tenant, the primary function of which is to secure the performance of a rental agreement or any part of such agreement, including an advance payment of rent, shall be placed by the landlord, in an interest bearing account at an institution whose accounts are insured by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation until such time as it is returned to the tenant or entitled to be used by the landlord. The interest earned by said payment or deposit on monies shall be returned to the tenant annually, either through a rent rebate or cash payment, in December of each year. The balance of any interest earned by said payment or deposit on monies shall be returned along with the appropriate part of the principal to the tenant upon departure from the premises.
(Ord. 5467-NS § 7, 1982: Ord. 5261-NS § 7, 1980.)