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You'll need to take your landlord to the small claims court to get your money back. You'll usually have to pay some court costs to go to small claims court - you should get the costs back if you win your case.

Your landlord or letting agent can only take money from your deposit if there's a good reason. For example, they can usually take money off if: you owe rent. you've damaged the property - this could be something like a spill on the carpet or a mark on the wall where you've hung a picture.

(a) Upon the vacating of the premises for termination of the lease, if the landlord does not intend to impose a claim on the security deposit, the landlord shall have 15 days to return the security deposit together with interest if otherwise required, or the landlord shall have 30 days to give the tenant written notice

North Carolina landlords can keep a tenant's security deposit for any of the following reasons: Court costs. Costs to remove and store renter's possessions after an eviction. Costs of re-renting the unit. Breach of lease. Damage in excess of normal wear and tear. Unpaid utility bills.

In Florida, landlords must tell you if they want to keep some or all of your security deposit. If they plan on keeping some or all of it, they have to send you a notice by certified mail within 30 days of you moving out of your rental home at the end of your lease (or they give up the right to keep it).

Deposit schemes have to let your landlord take the money if you owed rent or you left the tenancy early.

Landlords have 30 days from the termination of the lease to notify the tenant in writing of their intention to keep a portion of the tenant's security deposit. If the landlord fails to notify the tenant in writing within 30 days, the landlord forfeits the right to keep any portion of the security deposit.