Florida law gives a landlord 15 days to return your deposit, or 30 days to send a written claim by certified mail — and if they miss it, they forfeit the right to keep any of it. Tell us the dates. We tell you where you stand and write the letter.
Free check
Move-out date, deposit amount, whether you gave a forwarding address, and what — if anything — the landlord has sent. Paste their claim letter if you got one.
Why this exists
Most Florida tenants don't know the deadlines exist, so they never object — and a landlord who misses the 30-day certified-mail claim has, by statute, forfeited the right to keep the deposit. The letter is the whole fight. It just has to be sent correctly and on time.
How it works
Move-out, forwarding address, what arrived and how. Paste the landlord's claim if there is one.
Which deadline has passed, whose move it is, and what the statute says about the deductions claimed.
A demand or objection letter written for you, with the statute cited and the certified-mail instructions — on a paid plan, editable and ready to print.
Plans
Less than the certified-mail postage you'll want to use.
Your demand or objection letter, with the statute cited, plus a small-claims checklist if it comes to that.
Start before you leave: move-out inspection checklist, forwarding-address notice, then the demand letter if needed.
For a legal-aid desk, university housing office or tenants' union helping many people.
All prices in USD, handled by Stripe. Deposit Letter is not a law firm. Florida legal aid and county small-claims courts handle deposit disputes; small claims in Florida covers amounts up to $8,000.
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