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If your landlord missed the deposit deadline, EasySuit on LawSensai structures your facts, drafts the statement of claim, and hands you county-specific filing instructions. You review everything before anything is filed.
You are generally entitled to your security deposit back after moving out, minus lawful deductions like unpaid rent and damage beyond normal wear and tear, within a state deadline.
Every state regulates how landlords must handle security deposits, with deadlines, itemization rules, and damages for violation. This post covers the demand letter, the deadline framework, what landlords can deduct, and the small claims path.
Landlords keep a surprising percentage of security deposits, often without the itemized statement most states require. Tenants who follow a five-step playbook (move-out inspection, written demand with the right citation, statutory penalty calculation, small claims filing, judgment collection) recover at much higher rates. Here is the playbook.