Free: the date your landlord’s deadline passed, how many days late it is, and what the statute says a late return can cost. Pay $9.99 only if you download the ready-to-send PDF. You see the whole letter — with your numbers — before you pay anything.
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I paid a security deposit of [deposit]. I moved out on [move-out date]. [unreturned balance] has not been returned.
Under [your state’s statute], the deposit and an itemized statement of any deductions were due by [deadline date] — [N] calendar days after you moved out…
The letter is built from the facts you enter. The bracketed fields are filled with your numbers.
All 12 verified states in one table — deadline, itemized statement, penalty →
A deposit demand letter is only as good as its date. Each state sets its own clock, and the clock starts from a different event: the day you moved out, the day you surrendered the premises, or — in states that say “whichever is later” — the later of the day the tenancy ended and the day you moved out.
The letter counts in the unit the state uses and says which one it used. Business-day deadlines skip weekends and the federal holidays that state offices observe; calendar-day deadlines do not.
The deadline on the letter is calculated from the dates you enter and the rule recorded for that state. If a date the rule depends on is missing, the letter does not invent one.
Where a statute adds a penalty, it usually depends on a condition a court decides (bad faith, a missed notice, a willful failure). The letter states that exposure as possible, not as money already owed.
Your name and address, the landlord’s name and mailing address, the rental property, the dates, and a table of the deposit paid, any amount already returned, and the balance you are demanding.
The state’s deposit statute is cited by section, with the deadline language quoted from the official text. The letter states the computed deadline date and how many days late it is.
Where the state has a verified penalty, the letter states the statutory exposure as possible and names the condition the statute sets. Where the penalty is not verified, the letter says so and demands only the deposit.
A dated payment request and a plain statement that a small-claims filing and the statute’s other remedies are the next step. The pack adds a follow-up letter, complaint options and a small-claims checklist.
21 calendar days after the date you moved out
If the deposit is not returned on time and if a court finds the landlord acted in bad faith, the statute allows statutory damages of up to 2× the amount of the
Cal. Civ. Code § 1950.5
15 calendar days after the date you moved out
If if the required written notice was not given, the landlord forfeits the right to impose a claim on the deposit.
Fla. Stat. § 83.49(3)
45 calendar days after the later of the date your right of possession ended and the date you moved out
If if the landlord refused to supply the itemized statement, or supplied it in bad faith, and also failed to return the deposit within the time limits, the stat
765 ILCS 710/1
45 calendar days after the date the tenancy ended
If if the condition the statute sets out is met, the statute provides for 3× the amount due to the tenant, plus reasonable attorney’s fees.
Md. Code, Real Prop. § 8-203
30 calendar days after the date your occupancy ended
If if the statutory deadline is missed, the statute awards damages equal to 3× the amount of the security deposit or the balance of it, plus reasonable attorney
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 15B
30 calendar days after the date your occupancy ended
If if the condition the statute sets out is met, the statute provides for 2× the amount due to the tenant.
MCL 554.609, 554.610, 554.613 (Act 348 of 1972)
30 calendar days after the date the tenancy ended
If if the court finds for the tenant, the statute provides for 2× the moneys due to the tenant, plus attorney’s fees in the court’s discretion and court costs.
N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1
14 calendar days after the date you moved out
If if the failure was willful, the statute provides: forfeiture of any right to retain any portion of the deposit; punitive damages of up to 2× the amount of th
N.Y. Gen. Oblig. Law § 7-108
30 calendar days after the later of the date the tenancy ended and the date you returned possession
If if the failure was willful, the landlord forfeits any right to retain any portion of the deposit, and damages resulting from the noncompliance may also be re
N.C.G.S. §§ 42-51, 42-52, 42-55
30 calendar days after the earlier of the date the tenancy ended and the date you surrendered the premises
If if the 30-day deadline was missed, the statute provides for 2× the amount by which the escrow deposit exceeds the actual damages.
68 P.S. § 250.512
30 calendar days after the date you surrendered the premises
If if a court finds the landlord acted in bad faith, the statute provides: a fixed amount of $100.00; 3× the portion of the deposit wrongfully withheld, plus re
Tex. Prop. Code §§ 92.103, 92.104, 92.109
45 calendar days after the later of the date the tenancy ended and the date you moved out
If if the failure was willful, the statute provides for return of the deposit plus actual damages and reasonable attorney’s fees. No fixed multiplier is recorde
Va. Code § 55.1-1226
Each row below has statute text captured from an official source. A state moves to “verified” — and gets a price — only when a second official source agrees on the deadline, the deduction rules and the penalty. Until then the page shows the citation and the status, not a number it cannot stand behind.
| State | Statute in the dataset | Why it is still in review | Official sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia rules under review | O.C.G.A. §§ 44-7-33, 44-7-34, 44-7-35 | Second official source (Georgia Attorney General ConsumerEd) agrees on the 30-day refund deadline and that attorney fees are available, but its description of the treble remedy adds a ten-unit / third… | primary · second |
| Ohio rules under review | Ohio Rev. Code § 5321.16 | No state-level official consumer page on residential security-deposit returns was found, so there is no second official source for Ohio Rev. Code 5321.16. Checked on 2026-11-05: Ohio Attorney General … | primary |
| Washington rules under review | RCW 59.18.280 | No current state-official second source found. Current RCW 59.18.280 is 30 days with full-deposit liability, but every official consumer-facing channel checked on 2026-11-05 lacks a current page stati… | primary · second |
Deposit paid, amount returned, move-out date, and the tenancy end date where the state measures the deadline from it (as the earlier or the later of the two dates).
The whole letter, watermarked, with your state’s statute, your deadline and the days late. No account, no card.
$9.99 for the letter, $19.99 for the pack with the follow-up letter, complaint options and the small-claims checklist.
No. It is a self-help document tool. It produces a letter from published state rules and the facts you enter; it does not represent you, does not advise on your situation, and does not guarantee that anyone pays.
We open a state only after two official sources agree on its deadline, its deduction rules and its penalty. A state that has not passed that check keeps an information page without a price. We would rather not sell a letter than sell one with an unverified citation.
The letter itemizes the deposit, any amount returned, and the balance you are demanding. If the landlord sent an itemized statement, the letter says so and disputes the amounts you tell us you are disputing. The letter is not a substitute for evidence — keep the statement, the photos and the lease.
Not for a small deposit dispute in most cases, and this tool is built for people handling it themselves. If your claim is large or the facts are disputed, speak to a landlord-tenant lawyer or a local legal-aid office.
Email support@locafact.com with the order id. We regenerate once with corrected facts at no charge, and refund within 7 days if the error is ours.