If situations have deteriorated to the point of being evicted, then it is serious business. In those cases, and/all deposits the renter paid might be forfeited. Unless the written contract/lease so specifies otherwise, the renter could be out that money. The deposit would be applied to the amount owed (rent, any damages and legal fees for eviction) and the renter would be billed for the rest.
He would probably need to take you back to court to get his security deposit. At that time you can present the evidence of his lying to court which is a felony.
A security deposit is an advanced deposit that is generally retained by the landlord during your tenancy. The landlord is obligated to return such deposit within 30 days with interest earned, if any, and/or an itemized list of expenses for which the landlord is offsetting the deposit amount (for which he wants to keep some or all of the deposit). The laws regulating such deposit varies between states under the Landlord/Tenant laws of that state.
No. You can keep the security deposit because you could not seek another renter while you were holding it for her.
Most states require the landlord to place the deposit in an interest-bearing account, protected from his creditors.
only if that is agreeable with landlord. A lease agreement without a lease is a verbal lease. Your last month's rent is not a security deposit.
No, they have to have your SS# to be able to do anything with your credit. Also a security deposit doesn't mean anything when it comes to renting if you do not pay your rent or get evicted due to another cause it has nothing to do with your credit.
Signing the lease and paying the security deposit are two separate issues. Furthermore, if you don't pay the security deposit then you could be in violation of the lease terms and be evicted if the landlord chooses. Normally you pay the security deposit before you and your landlord sign the lease, or work out a payment plan that you and your landlord agree to. If your landlord agreed to allow you to skip the security deposit then that part of the lease is waived and the rest of the lease stands.
The security deposit should be applied to the arrearage (including any court costs), and any remainder returned to the tenant. Does the landord need to notify you how your deposit will be applied.
Probably. You can in California and I expect most other places that are based on British common law.
Nope, he just owes $400 less.
Yes.
The purpose of a security deposit is to pay the last month's rent in the event that a tenant stops paying and has to be evicted, not to pay for cleaning and painting. It would only be reasonable to use a security deposit for this purpose if the departing tenant left the apartment in extremely bad condition, requiring an abnormal expense to restore it.
Your state laws should have a section about "landlord and tenant" or the like. There are also many self-help books available about landlord/tenant laws. In Massachusetts, for example, the law defines both a security deposit and a damage deposit and ONLY the security deposit can be applied to delinquent rent, and the damage deposit remains the property of the tenant until the landlord proves damage to the premises and the costs to repair them.
No. He just owes you $400 less.
In most states the security deposit remains the property of the tenant regardless of who owns the building, and state laws may require the old landlord to inform the tenant who the new owner is and where the deposit money is being kept.
That depends on the laws of the state. In Massachusetts, a pet deposit is a security deposit, and the total security deposit cannot be more than one month's rent.
Most states consider a pet deposit to be the same as a security deposit. In states that limit the amount of a security deposit, collecting both would be a violation of the law.