Walk It Through: The Deposit After Moving Out
Keys handed back, a forwarding address by email, 30 days of silence, and a deposit that has not come back.
The tenant moves out and emails the landlord a forwarding address.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A residential lease and a deposit held for damage. Interest on deposits in large buildings, a lease that sets cleaning costs, and rent owed when the tenant left are left to the pages.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.