Real Estate Accounting in Morgantown
Morgantown's university rental cycle re-lets units almost immediately after they vacate, which under West Virginia's rule produces the shortest possible deposit deadline across most of the portfolio.
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West Virginia rules that apply here
- Deposit return deadline
- Shorter of 60 days, or 45 from new occupancy
- Statute
- W. Va. Code 37-6A-2
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Where a departing tenant's unit is occupied again within days, the 45-days-from-new-occupancy limb governs and the effective window is far shorter than the 60 days most operators assume. In a market where turnover and re-letting are near-simultaneous, that is not an edge case, it is the normal condition for the majority of tenancies.
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That makes the academic turn a compliance event as much as an operational one. The move-out assessment for the outgoing tenancy has to be complete before the incoming tenant takes possession in practical terms anyway, since evidence of condition becomes unobtainable once someone else is living there. West Virginia's rule simply attaches a legal deadline to what was already the sensible sequence.
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The contractor extension remains available where damage exceeds the deposit and a third party is required, but it is conditional on written notice inside the applicable period, and the applicable period here is the short one. The judgement about whether an extension will be needed therefore has to be made almost immediately.
Deposit Compliance for Morgantown Portfolios
W. Va. Code 37-6A-2
West Virginia 37-6A-2 sets the deadline as the SHORTER of 60 days after the tenancy terminates or 45 days after the NEXT TENANT OCCUPIES the premises. Re-letting quickly therefore brings the compliance deadline forward, which means the deadline is not finally knowable at move-out: it fixes when the new tenancy begins. Where damages exceed the deposit and require a third-party contractor, written notice inside the applicable period buys an additional 15 days to itemise.
This is the only state where LEASING PERFORMANCE shortens the accounting deadline. Portfolios that manage leasing speed and deposit compliance as separate disciplines have built the structure in which one silently damages the other, so the move-out record has to be aware of the subsequent tenancy and recalculate when a new lease commences.
All West Virginia requirementsHow we keep you inside it
- Deposit liabilities tracked per tenant in AppFolio, so a Shorter of 60 days, or 45 from new occupancy deadline is answerable from the ledger
- Trust accounts reconciled three ways every month
- Deduction documentation recorded against the correct ledger
- Aging deposits flagged before the statutory window closes
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Frequently Asked Questions
Does rapid re-letting change our deadline?
Substantially. Where the unit is occupied again within days, the 45-days-from-new-occupancy limb governs, so the effective window is far shorter than the 60 days most operators assume.
Is that an edge case for us?
In a university market it is the normal condition for most tenancies, not an exception, which is why the move-out assessment has to complete before the next tenant takes possession.
Can we still use the contractor extension?
Yes, but the notice has to be inside the applicable period, and here that is the short one, so the judgement about whether an extension is needed has to be made almost immediately.
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