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The letter cites 68 P.S. § 250.512 and states the date your landlord’s deadline passed — 30 calendar days after the earlier of the date the tenancy ended and the date you surrendered the premises.
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Rule applied: 30 calendar days after the earlier of the date the tenancy ended and the date you surrendered the premises, per 68 P.S. § 250.512.
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November 4, 2026
VIA CERTIFIED MAIL — RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Dear Property Manager:
I rented the premises at 77 Rented Avenue, Springfield from you. My tenancy ended and I moved out on August 26, 2026. I paid a security deposit of $2,400.00.
You have returned $700.00 of that deposit. $1,700.00 remains unreturned.
Under 68 P.S. § 250.512, you were required to return the deposit and an itemized statement of any deductions no later than September 25, 2026 — 30 calendar days after the earlier of the date the tenancy ended and the date you surrendered the premises. That date passed 40 days ago, and I have received no payment of the balance.
You did not give me a written, itemized statement of the deductions you are keeping, although 68 P.S. § 250.512 requires one.
The deposit I paid was $2,400.00. You returned $700.00. The balance I am asking you to return is $1,700.00.
The rule that applies is 68 P.S. § 250.512. The state's official source for it is listed for this state on locafact.com, and the fragments below are quoted from the statute text captured for this letter.
The statute describes the deductions a landlord may make as follows: Within 30 days of lease termination or surrender and acceptance of the leasehold premises (whichever first occurs) the landlord must give the tenant a written list of the damages claimed and pay the difference between the escrow deposit (including unpaid interest) and the actual damages caused by the tenant; the burden of proving actual damages is on the landlord, and the tenant must give a new address in writing or the landlord is relieved of liability under this section.
The deadline is measured in calendar days: 30 calendar days after the earlier of the date the tenancy ended and the date you surrendered the premises, which for the dates above is September 25, 2026.
“Every landlord shall within thirty days of termination of a lease or upon surrender and acceptance of the leasehold premises, whichever first occurs, provide a tenant with a written list of any damages to the leasehold premises for which the landlord claims the tenant is liable.”
“Any landlord who fails to provide a written list within thirty days as required in subsection (a), above, shall forfeit all rights to withhold any portion of sums held in escrow, including any unpaid interest thereon, or to bring suit against the tenant for damages to the leasehold premises.”
“the landlord shall be liable in assumpsit to double the amount by which the sum deposited in escrow, including any unpaid interest thereon, exceeds the actual damages to the leasehold premises caused by the tenant as determined by any court of record or court not of record having jurisdiction in civil actions at law”
“Failure of the tenant to provide the landlord with his new address in writing upon termination of the lease or upon surrender and acceptance of the leasehold premises shall relieve the landlord from any liability under this section.”
Because if the 30-day deadline was missed, 68 P.S. § 250.512 may also allow amounts above the unreturned balance:
• 2× the amount by which the escrow deposit exceeds the actual damages (the amount above the unreturned balance): $1,700.00
• the landlord also forfeits any right to retain any portion of the deposit
On the figures above, that is up to $1,700.00 in addition to the $1,700.00 unreturned balance — a possible total of up to $3,400.00. These amounts are not owed unless the condition the statute sets out is established; they are stated as the possible exposure, not as a demand.
Please pay me $1,700.00 within ten (10) days of the date of this letter.
A check payable to me can be sent to the address at the top of this letter. If you believe some part of the deposit was properly kept, send me an itemized statement with the receipts or invoices for each amount.
If I do not receive payment or a written response within that time, I will consider filing a claim in small claims court for the unreturned deposit and any amount the statute allows, and I will keep this letter and the certified-mail record as evidence.
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