When leaving a rental, is is possible to provide a forwarding address too soon?

When leaving a rental, is is possible to provide a forwarding address too soon?

Good afternoon I was wondering, when leaving a rental home, is there such a
thing as giving the forwarding address too soon? Michigan law states ‘The tenant
shall notify the landlord in writing at the address given under section 4 within
4 days after termination of his occupancy of an address at which communications
pursuant to this act may be received. Failure to comply with this requirement
relieves the landlord of the requirement of notice of damages but does not
prejudice a tenant’s subsequent claim for the security deposit.’ We gave our
forwarding address about 7 days prior to moving out. Because of the wording of
the law my boyfriend believes that our notice was given too early, not in the 4
day window, and that now relieves our landlords of having to provide written
documentation of any claims against our security deposit.

Asked on May 14, 2018 under Real Estate Law, Michigan

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