Walk It Through: The Certified Letters
A Maryland deposit, from the receipt to three times what was withheld.
Move in day. The landlord takes one month's rent as a deposit and hands over a receipt.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One deposit in one rental. The interest rate in a given year, a tenant evicted before the tenancy ended, and how a court decides what a reasonable basis is 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.
- List of damagesThe written list of damages claimed and itemized statement of the cost, mailed first class within 45 days whenever any part of the deposit is withheld.
- Security depositA deposit of no more than the equivalent of 1 month's rent per dwelling unit, returned with simple interest within 45 days after the tenancy ends, less damages rightfully withheld.