Walk It Through: The Deposit Held Back
A lease ends, the deposit does not come back, a written demand, and the statute's double damages.
The lease ends on schedule. The tenant cleans, moves out and hands back the keys.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A residential deposit on a lease that ended on time. A commercial lease, a sale of the building during the lease, and damage costing more than the deposit are not worked through here.
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.