My Landlord refuses to except my 30day notice by certified mail?

What should I do? I just bought my own home. I called my lanlord and told her I was giving her my 30 day notice and also told her that I was sending a certified notice by mail. Now she refuses to except the certified notice by mail, the post office tried to deliver it to her 3 times and left her a letter stating that she could pick it up at the post office, but,she still has not. This landlord still has my security deposit and last months rent that I had to give to her when I moved in over 2 years ago which totals $1500.00.

Yes, I am a month to month tenant.

She obviously doesn't want to return your deposit and may not even have it. I would talk to an attorney and see about taking her to small claims court. If, however, she refuses to take your 30 days notice by certified mail you can prove you have tried to give formal notice that way and and if she will not accept the notice she probably can not legally rent the house, or apartment out to someone else. If she does this may constitute fraud on her part. Again, you may need to get legal advice.

I take it your contact say 30 days? If so, and you can prove the phone call and the delivery of the letter, you have nothing to worry about, although you have to go to someone professional to help you. Maybe you know a lawyer?

landlord are famous for this ,giving money back is not something that they like to do

if your tenancy was on a month to month basis,and the place yer in is in good shape,you'll have to taker to court,and among court costs,recover the fees for summons delivery,,,,,present the case to the judge about your security deposit

You may need to take her to small claims court to recover your deposit, but your case should be easy and you don't need to bring a lawyer - provided that your lease says that everything is refundable with 30 day notice.

As long as you have your proof of sending the certified letter that's all that counts legally. It doesn't matter if they accept it or not. But make sure the place is pristine clean when you move out and take photographs, lots of photographs of every nook and cranny. If you go to court, the landlord defense will likely be that you trashed the place.

I would contact the attorney who did the closing and ask them to help you with this or refer you to another attorney who can.

In our town, Cedar Rapids, we have a landlord who always sends out certified mail to it's tenants, but never accepts Certified Mail from them. They seem to rather shady people to deal with.
Indeed talk to the attorney about it, but these people are very slick, so it may take some time to rectify the situation.
May I suggest that prayer would help?