Re: Return Security Deposit? - Landlord Forum thread 350862

Re: Return Security Deposit? by Anonymous on February 25, 2017 @19:29

You messed up. If the lease was month-to-month, then the right thing to do was draw up a new lease with the mother and adult son - you did this correctly.

Where you messed up was that the original lease ENDED, and all previous tenants are entitled to their security deposit - including the man who went to jail.

There is *no* forfeiture of a security deposit just because someone went to jail. Going to jail doesn't absolve the tenant of his responsibilities under the contract, nor does it absolve the landlord of his responsibilities under the contract or his responsibility to handle security deposits in accordance with state law.

You. Messed. Up.

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Re: Return Security Deposit? by AnonymousFL on February 26, 2017 @12:53	[ Reply ]

Exactly where I was going.

Re: Return Security Deposit? by Lisa Allen (Oregon) on March 3, 2017 @13:45	[ Reply ]

Thank you, I was still confused about the BF's half of the deposit too. Now you made it make sense.