Free for tenants

Was your deposit returned on time?

Enter your state, the day you moved out and what came back. See the deadline, whether it has passed and which deductions the rule allows, with the law cited.

Security deposit check. Covers 50 states and DC, 8 city ordinances. Deposit rules by state

Check your deposit

required

Where you rented

The state sets the rules; a covered city adds its own.

StateCityAdds the city's own rule where we cover one.Deposit you paidUnits in your buildingInterest depends on it in IL, NY.Monthly rentThe penalty or interest is counted from it in IA, NE, OH.

Moving out

The move-out day starts the clock.

Day you moved outThe day you returned the keys.Day you moved inFor interest and the age of carpet or paint.Day the lease ended, if laterLeave blank if it ended the day you moved out.Day the landlord got your forwarding addressDay the landlord got your written request for the depositDay a new tenant moved in, if you knowCan start the clock in WI, WV.Return period your lease sets (days)The lease may set it in CO, ID, ME.

I gave the move-out notice the law requiresChanges the deadline in AK.The landlord said in writing that repairs need a contractorCan extend the deadline in VA, WV.

Check as of another date

Check as ofDefaults to today.

What you got back

Choose what the landlord has sent so far.

What you got back

Nothing yetNo refund and no list of deductions.All of itThe whole deposit came back.Part of it, with no listSome money, but no itemized list of deductions.A list of deductionsAn itemized statement, with or without a check for the rest.

Day it was sentThe postmark or send date if you have it; otherwise the day it arrived.Amount you got backThe check or transfer; blank if none came.Receipts or invoices with the list?Photos with the list?

What they deducted

One line per charge on the landlord's list. Leave a line out if you agree with it.

Deduction 1

What it was forAmountHow old was itYears, or the install date.Normal wear or damage?

Up to 10 lines.

Free to try: 50 estimates a day on the web. Agents and software: 20 calls a day free, then $0.02 a call. Nothing you enter is stored.

Limits

It applies the published rule to your dates and amounts and cites it. It is not legal advice, and it does not decide a dispute or whether a landlord acted in bad faith; a court does.
The summary it gives states the rule and your numbers; it is not a demand letter.
Other local ordinances than the covered cities are not applied.

How it works · Use it from your AI assistant or the API

Landlords and managers: Deposit settlement works out the refund and drafts the itemized statement under the same rules.

Disclaimer · Nothing you enter is stored: we ask for a state, amounts, dates and kinds of charges, never your name or address.