Walk It Through: The Deposit Held Back
A lease ends, thirty days pass with no money and no list, and the statute's treble damages.
A lease ends after its full term. The tenant cleans, returns the keys and moves across town.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A residential deposit after a lease ended on time. A pet deposit, a building sold during the lease, and damage beyond 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.