Walk It Through: The 45 Days
A Virginia deposit, from the move-out inspection to the itemized notice.
You tell the landlord you are leaving at the end of the lease.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One deposit in one rental. The two month cap on deposits, deductions for late charges in the agreement, and how a court finds a failure willful 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.
- Move out inspectionThe landlord's inspection at the end of a tenancy, which a tenant who asks in writing may attend; it is made within 72 hours of the tenant giving up possession.
- Security depositA deposit of no more than two months' periodic rent, applied at the end of the tenancy only to unpaid rent and late charges, damage beyond reasonable wear and tear, other charges in the agreement, and actual damages for breaking it.