Walk It Through: The Deposit That Did Not Come Back
A move out, a forwarding address, twenty days of silence, and twice the amount withheld.
A tenant moves out of a Newport apartment, cleans it, and hands back the keys.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
An ordinary deposit on an ordinary lease. A furniture deposit, a tenant who left owing rent and a sale of the building 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.