Closing & Conditions
The Buyer’s Deposit Cheque Bounced. Can I Keep the Deposit and Walk? Read This Before You Do Anything
When a buyer's deposit cheque bounces in Ontario, a seller has three real moves — paper the NSF in writing, demand cure in certified funds on a deadline, and let a lawyer characterize the bounce before acting — and none of them come from the contract. The OREA Agreement of Purchase and Sale has no bounced-cheque clause at all; it fixes who holds the deposit, the 24-hour delivery window, and that time is of the essence, then stops. Broker Arthur Zhao maps what a seller can do, what the form does and does not cover, and why the leverage here is procedural, not contractual.
Aug 23, 2026
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