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Re: Pets - Landlord Forum thread 350124

Re: Pets by Anonymous on January 12, 2017 @20:26

                              
"I am going to charge her $50.00 a month."

Is this specified in the terms of the lease or the pet addendum as a penalty for not picking up after the dog? If not, then you can't unilaterally and arbitrarily decide to start charging.

"it will be deducted from her security deposit"

No. You should take some time to familiarize with your state's security deposit laws. The security deposit is property of the tenant and your state laws specify what is a legal deduction to be made *after* tenancy ends. You cannot use the security deposit for anything during tenancy.

Be careful how you proceed or you could end up in serious legal trouble for misuse of the security deposit funds. Again - it is not your money.

The proper course of action here is to issue Cure or Quit notice in accordance with your state law.
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