Rental Charges - Landlord Forum thread 350770

Rental Charges by Steve Stu (RI) on February 22, 2017 @09:51

We moved out of the rental house over a year ago. The agreement was one month rent for security deposit, but we never paid it. Now it's over a year, and the landlord is trying to charge us to clean the carpet, rekey the locks, and damage. The lease states we have to clean the carpets and pay to rekey the locks. The damage was an accident.
Can the landlord send me the bill after a year?
We never provided a security deposit.

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Re: Rental Charges by Katiekate (NEw) on February 22, 2017 @10:52	[ Reply ]

You didn't state where this was. There is some variation by State. In most states the statute of limitations is 2 years to bring a lawsuit. In some states...the SOL is 3 years. I do not know of a state that has less than 2 years...but you might want to google SOL and the name of your state. So, yeah, landlord can require you to pay damages a year after. And bring a lawsuit if you don't

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Re: Rental Charges by Katiekate (New York) on February 22, 2017 @10:55	[ Reply ]

RHode island statute of limitations is 3 years. Sorry...didn't see the RI when I looked first

Re: Rental Charges by Steve Stu (RI) on February 22, 2017 @10:56	[ Reply ]

I Put RI in the original setup. The state is rhode island. we also did not do a walk thru with the landlord. My husband had the police come do a walk thru with him, and left the key on the counter. We did not want to see her, and did not want her knowing where we were going to live. Not sure how she found us either.

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Re: Rental Charges by Anonymous on February 22, 2017 @11:14	[ Reply ]

Did your landlord provide a security deposit statement within twenty days as required by law? If not, you can recover twice the amount withheld, plus court and attorney fees. Your landlord should have provided a written statement of what damages were and the cost. Does not matter if a security deposit was collected or not, the statement has to be out in twenty days.

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