Re: sec dep dispute MICH Law - Landlord Forum thread 334055

Re: sec dep dispute MICH Law by Daniel (CA) on April 23, 2015 @17:46

punitive damages are usually only for malicious withholding. If you have documented it all as you mentioned then if you made a reasonable mistake, then chances are against a ruling of punitive damages.
But many states allow 2X and 3X of the amount withheld if the withholding was not reasonable.

The Main question is what you asked about if you had to file a lawsuit in order to withhold from the SD.- someone from Mich needs to answer.

Now regarding if it takes longer to finish and find out the total cost of recovery. In California- you have 21 days to send an SD statement regardless if you have finished .
But you can still withhold money and provide an estimate of what you expect the charges to be.
but then you have to send any followup final SD statement within 14 days of finalizing the repairs/accounting.

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