Walk It Through: The Fourteen Days After Move Out
A New York deposit, from the inspection offer to the forfeit.
Signing day. The landlord asks for the first month and a deposit.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One deposit in one rental. Rent regulated homes, the buildings with six or more units where the deposit earns interest, and how a court sets punitive damages 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.