The balance is returned by personal delivery or a check mailed first-class, and the statement by personal delivery or first-class mail, unless otherwise agreed. From 1 January 2026, where the landlord received the deposit or rent electronically, it returns the balance electronically to an account the tenant designates in writing (or by another electronic method the tenant agrees in writing), unless the parties agreed another method in writing; a successor in interest that received rent electronically does the same. In that case the landlord or successor, within a reasonable time after notice to end the tenancy or before the term ends, tells the tenant in writing of the right to receive the deposit electronically, unless a written agreement on another method exists or the tenancy ends under CCP section 1161(2) to (4). The statement may be emailed or mailed to an address the tenant gives if both agree.
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