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Your situation, stage by stage

WHERE YOU ARE

Pick the situation that is yours and put in each date once, on the stage it belongs to. The page shows the stage you are at and the period the statutes set after it, with whose period it is and the section it comes from. It says what the law sets, never what to do about it.

All of it runs in this browser. The dates are the same ones Your clock and your case file hold, and nothing you type is sent anywhere. What this site records.

Which situation is yours

The deposit or the notice of a claim, the tenant's objection, and the balance after it.

  1. Stage 1 · What the statutes set next

    Returning a deposit with no claim against it

    Period
    15 days
    From
    The termination of the rental agreement
    Whose
    The landlord

    A landlord who does not intend to impose a claim on the deposit returns it, with any interest owed, within this period after the tenant vacates at the end of the agreement.

    The whole of it: Getting The Deposit Back →Fla. Stat. 83.49

  2. Stage 2 · Later in the statutes

    The landlord's written notice of a claim on the deposit

    The date of: The termination of the rental agreementThe same date as stage 1, so it is counted from there once that date is in.

    Period
    30 days
    From
    The termination of the rental agreement
    Whose
    The landlord

    The notice of the claim and its reason goes by certified mail to the tenant's last known mailing address, or by e-mail as the statute allows. A landlord who misses this period forfeits the right to impose a claim on the deposit, but may still sue for damages after returning it.

    The whole of it: Getting The Deposit Back →Fla. Stat. 83.49

  3. Stage 3 · Later in the statutes

    Objecting to the landlord's claim on the deposit

    Period
    15 days
    From
    Receiving the landlord's notice of a claim
    Whose
    The tenant

    Unless the tenant objects in writing to the claim or its amount within this period, the landlord may deduct it. Not objecting in time does not waive the tenant's right to seek damages in a separate action.

    The whole of it: Getting The Deposit Back →Fla. Stat. 83.49

  4. Stage 4 · Later in the statutes

    Sending the balance of the deposit after a deduction

    Period
    30 days
    From
    The date of the landlord's notice of a claim
    Whose
    The landlord

    Where the tenant has not objected in time, the landlord deducts the claim and sends the tenant the balance of the deposit within this period after the date of the notice.

    The whole of it: Getting The Deposit Back →Fla. Stat. 83.49

Around these dates

What the law asks of each side between them, a step at a time: The Certified Letter And The 15 Days

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MyRightz is legal education, not legal advice. Nothing here creates an attorney client relationship. Applying the law to a particular situation is the work of a licensed Florida attorney.