I have the following question and I’d be grateful to get some insights from you:
My roommate and myself signed a one year lease a year ago. We were both listed as tenants on the rental contract. My roommate is moving back to Mexico City by the end of the month when our leasing contract will be over. Said this, we are asking to get our security deposit check issued to only one of the tenants. We contacted the building’s management and said they cannot do it and that the check will be issued to both tenants on the lease contract. They mentioned they can’t issue the check to only one tenant since the law prohibits this.
The issue that we have is that my roommate won’t come back to the US just to endorse the check. We feel that the building’s management attitude was not right, but we would like to understand if there’s a legitimate requirement by the law that wouldn’t allow them to help us with our request.
Thank you!