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Effective January 1, 2013, a landlord must allow a tenant to pay his or her rent and security deposit by money order, cashier's check, or check. California Civil Code Section 1947.3 prohibits a landlord from demanding cash, and/or electronic deposit, as the exclusive forms of payment for rent or a security deposit.
However, if a tenant issues a stop payment on a check previously written, the landlord may demand cash as the sole means of payment for a period of three consecutive months so long as the landlord provides the tenant with a written notice and attached copy of the dishonored payment that states that the payment was dishonored and informs the tenant that the tenant shall pay in cash for a period determined by the landlord, up to three months. If paying in cash is a change in terms of the lease, the notice must further comply with Civil Code Section 827.
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