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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.

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Which situation is yours

The notice of where it is held, and its return after the lease ends.

  1. Stage 1 · What the statutes set next

    Telling the tenant where the deposit is held

    Period
    30 days
    From
    The landlord receiving the deposit
    Whose
    The landlord

    The landlord puts the deposit in an interest bearing account and within 30 days tells the tenant in writing the institution's name and address, the type of account, the current interest rate and the amount.

  2. Stage 2 · Later in the statutes

    Returning the deposit with interest

    Period
    30 days
    From
    The lease ending
    Whose
    The landlord

    The landlord returns the deposit with the tenant's interest, less charges the lease allows, by personal delivery, registered or certified mail, with the interest and any deductions itemized.

Around these dates

What the law asks of each side between them, a step at a time: The Deposit And The Bank

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