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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 check in sheet at the start, and the deposit after the agreement ends.

  1. Stage 1 · What the statutes set next

    Returning the check-in sheet

    Period
    7 days
    From
    Moving in
    Whose
    The tenant

    The landlord gives the tenant a check-in sheet at the start of the occupancy for comments on the condition of the premises, and the tenant has 7 days from moving in to complete it and return it.

  2. Stage 2 · Later in the statutes

    Returning the security deposit

    Period
    21 days
    From
    The rental agreement ending, when the tenant leaves that day
    Whose
    The landlord

    The landlord delivers or mails the full deposit, less what the statute allows to be withheld, within 21 days; when the tenant leaves earlier the days run from the agreement's end or a new tenancy, and when the tenant leaves later, from the day the landlord learns the tenant has gone.

Around these dates

What the law asks of each side between them, a step at a time: The Check-In Sheet And The 21 Days

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