Spring Move-Out

Reduce your level of stress by planning ahead of finals week. Read through these steps and details, plan early, make arrangements with family or friends that can assist you, and start to take items home to reduce last-minute packing.

• Look up your finals. Look at your class syllabus or login to GET, go to your Student Center, select “Exam Schedule” from the dropdown box in the Academics section, select the spring 2024 term, and click “Continue”.
• Decide on your check-out date. Once you are done with finals, you can move out and start your summer.
• Notify family and friends in advance that will help you move so they can ask for the time off work or make the necessary arrangements.
• If you must move out on Saturday, May 17, 2025, be packed and ready to complete your move before 12 p.m. to avoid the late check-out fee of $50.
• Now is the time to make travel arrangements. If you are booking a flight, make sure to coordinate your flight or other travel arrangements to give you enough time to move out by the deadline.

Late Check-Out is only available to Graduating Residents

Graduating residents can extend their stay to May 20-22, 2025, by 12 p.m. (depending on their graduation date) at no additional cost.

Graduating residents must provide supporting documentation with a graduation date (i.e., letter from the university, grad check, etc.). Please make sure your name and CIN appear on the letter.

Please note, requests are not guaranteed.

The deadline to submit a request is May 8, 2025, by 11:59 p.m.

Meeting dates and times:

Residents are expected to leave their room or apartment in as close to the same condition as when they moved in or risk losing part or all of their initial deposit. It should be clean with all trash and belongings removed. Please submit work orders for any repairs as soon as possible.

We recommend taking a photo of your space before you leave to avoid any issues during a damage dispute. 

Here are the costs that may be applied to your account upon checkout:

Standard Cleaning and Repairs Costs

Packing:

• Begin packing your belongings early and start taking non-essential items home before your intended check-out date.

Cleaning:

• All Residents: Clean your room/apartment thoroughly, including vacuuming carpets and wiping down all surfaces.

• Apartment Residents: You are also responsible for cleaning all shared spaces, including the storage room, living and dining areas, kitchen, and bathroom.

South Village Residents:

• Floors: Sweep, mop, and vacuum.

• Furniture: Dust and wipe down surfaces. Use mild soap to remove stains. Remove all hangers from closets.

• Trash: Remove all trash and dispose of it properly.

  • Important: South Village trash chutes will close on May 5, 2025.

  • Large dumpsters will be available at:

    • In front of Tower 3 in the South Village Courtyard

    • At the Housing loop entrance, behind Building 5, Phase II

  • Dumpsters will be locked daily at 8 p.m. and unlocked at 7 a.m. the next morning. Do not leave trash next to dumpsters.

Apartment Residents:

• Bathroom: Clean toilets, showers, tubs, sinks, mirrors, medicine cabinets, fixtures, and the area under the sink. Wipe all floors.

• Kitchen:

  • Remove any shelf liners.

  • Wipe down cabinets inside and out.

  • Clean inside and outside of the microwave.

  • Wipe down countertops and sink.

  • Remove all food from cabinets, refrigerators, and freezers, and wipe all surfaces thoroughly (including shelves and doors).

• Hallway Cabinets: Empty all items and wipe down shelves.

• Trash: Place all trash inside dumpsters. Do not leave trash next to dumpsters or use laundry room or walkway trash cans.

  • Additional dumpsters will be available starting May 5, 2025, at the Housing loop entrance behind Building 5, Phase II. Dumpsters will be locked daily at 8 p.m.

Final Reminders for All Residents:

• Remove all belongings from wardrobes, dressers, desk drawers, closets, kitchen cabinets, dishwashers, and refrigerators.

• Donation bins for gently worn clothing will be available at South Village and the apartment complex.

• Remove all trash and personal items. Do not leave anything behind — Housing cannot determine ownership of remaining items, and all residents in a unit may be equally charged for abandoned belongings or trash.

• Complete the online Mail Forwarding Request Form two weeks before you plan on moving out.  
  • First-class mail will be forwarded for 4 weeks only to provide you with time to change your address directly with companies/institutions. Packages cannot be forwarded; they will be returned to sender.
• DO NOT submit a change of address with the U.S. Postal Service. (The post office considers 5300 Paseo Rancho Castilla and 5500 Paseo Rancho Castilla a business address, not an individual or residential address).
• Update your mailing address on Golden Eagle Territory (GET). The University uses the address listed on GET for any University mail, including refunds.
• Please make sure you have changed your address now with your banks, credit cards, cell phone service provider, subscriptions, Amazon accounts and employment payroll offices.
• Magazines and non-first-class mail will not be forwarded.

Download a printable version here.

Once you have completely moved out of your room/apartment, locked the doors and windows, and are ready to depart, you may pick up an Express Checkout Packet from the table in front of the Phase II Housing Office.

Complete the information on the Express envelope, place keys inside the envelope, and seal it closed. Return the envelope (with keys inside) to the Housing Office key drop box. 

Important: Once you return your keys at checkout, you will not be able to return to your apartment. Make sure you have taken all your valuables and belongings.

Failure to return keys upon checkout will result in a partial loss of deposit and in improper checkout fee. Residents who do not check out and do not return keys will be charged the daily rate for their room, added to their student account, until keys are returned. If keys are not returned within a week, this will result in a lock change or replacement fee being added to your student account.

Once you have completely moved out of your room, you must check out electronically via the South Village Express Checkout form electronically through the Housing Portal, link coming soon. QR codes will also be posted in the community. This is required to confirm check-out and avoid late fees. Access will be deactivated after you check out. 

Failure to checkout properly will result in an improper checkout fee.

The last meal to be served will be dinner on Saturday, May 17, 2025. The Village Commons will close at 7 p.m.

If you still have Dining Dollars on your One Card, these don't roll over. Make sure you use them all before you leave! 

Yes! We will have carts available to check out for 30 minutes.

Please note, in order to check out a cart, we require:

• Your CIN and full name
• Your Cal State LA email.

If you want to access the cart for longer, you must return to the desk and extend your check-out time.

• A cart returned after 30 minutes will result in a $50 late return fee.
• A cart that is not returned will result in a $300 replacement fee.

South Village

Cart check-out availability:

• 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday-Friday in the South Village Main Office

Starting May 12, carts will be available to check out after 6 p.m. You can request a cart from the Resident Assistant (RA) on duty in the main lobby of Tower 2. Please note, this option is subject to availability. The RA on Duty may be on a call and there may be a wait time.

Apartments

Cart check-out availability:

• 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., Monday-Friday in the Phase I Community Center

Starting May 12, carts will be available to check out after 6 p.m. You can request a cart from the Resident Assistant (RA) on duty. Please note, this option is subject to availability. The RA on Duty may be on a call and there may be a wait time.

Housing staff will inspect your room/apartment after students move out. A comparison of the condition of the apartment at move-out against the notations made on the Apartment Condition Report (ACR) and the Room Condition Report (RCR) at move-in are used to determine damages. 

Any damage, trash removal, and/or cleaning charges will be assessed back to the residents. If the damage/cleaning charge is for items in common areas, the charge will be split among all housemates/roommates. 

Please speak with your RA about any damage that you caused and need to be billed for, otherwise, the charge will be split among all residents.

Residential Damage Charges for 2023-2024

All cleaning/damage charges will be posted to your GET account by June and must be paid promptly. Your $100 security deposit will be applied to any cleaning/damage charges, and you are responsible to pay any difference by the deadline on your GET. Please remember that any past-due charges will result in a university hold on your records.

If you do not incur charges for cleaning, damages, lock charges or have outstanding debt, your $100 security deposit will be mailed to the address you have listed on GET approximately 4 weeks from the move out date. If you signed up for direct deposit, your refund will be by direct deposit instead of a check in the mail.

If a carrier delivers a package after you have moved out, we will give it back to the carrier and ask them to return to sender. Once a student moves out, we will not be able to release it to other individuals, including yourself since you are no longer a resident. Make sure you do not order anything that may not arrive by May 15, 2025, or by the time you plan on moving out.

If you submitted online a Mail Forwarding Request Form, we will forward any first-class letters only to the address you provided for the 4 weeks after students move out.

Once you have moved out, you will no longer have access to your room/apartment. After 12 p.m. on May 17, any items left behind in your assigned space will be discarded as outlined in the 2024-2025 Housing License Agreement Terms and Conditions.

If you've applied to live on campus this summer, for May Intersession, Summer Session A, or Full Summer (Session A & B), you may remain in your current space until Transfer Day, which is May 22, 2025.

Summer residents currently living in Housing are required to finish their transfer by 12 p.m. May 23, 2025. 

Residents who applied to live on campus for Session B (Only) will be required to move out by Move-out Day, May 17, 2025, by 12 p.m.

Summer 2025 Housing information