 |
|
| Browse | Ask | Answer | Search | Join/Login |
|
|
||||
|
You as the landlord have to follow the law as to the return of the deposit. Generally the law states that you have a period to return the deposit or a accounting of how it was used.
If a tenant owes rent the deposit can be applied towards that unpaid rent. You haven't given us enough info to tell what they might owe. |
||||
|
||||
|
You have 30 days from when you take possession of the unit to return the deposit or an accounting of how it was used in whole or in part.
Did they sign a lease? If so for how long? They are responsible for the rent until the end of that lease. What does the lease say about early termination or notice of termination? IL law requires 30 day notice of termination. So, at the least, they will own rental until 30 days after they informed you of vacating. If they have a lease, they will owe you rental until the lease expires or you find another tenant, whichever comes first. So within 30 days of you taking possession of the unit, which would be when they notified you they were moving or when they actually moved, whichever is later, you give them a notice of what you used the deposit for (unpaid rent, repairs, etc.) |
||||
|
||||
|
Also, generally, a tenant has to give the landlord some required notice that the tenant is going to move out. I don't know off the top of my head what that is in Illinois, but in many places it's 30 days. So, if they gave you notice on the 13th of August, they would owe rent until at least September 12th, or until the end of September (depending), or even later if there is a lease. So if they fail to pay this when due, you could take it out of the deposit.
|
||||
| Question Tools | Search this Question |
Add your answer here.
Check out some similar questions!
In Illinois after a lien is place on a bank account can you still deposit money in the account and will that be attaced to the lien or can you use it.
Can a NY landlord, claim charges for the following: 1. cleaning an apartment myself? 2. an extra dog kept without landlord's permission 3. companion that lived for two months in the apartment without the landlord's permission.
I have requested several times,verbally, a receipt for an escrow account for my 2100 dollar security deposit. The landlord has not complied and I feel he has spent the money. I called him on several occasions which finally he picked up the phone. I told him to figure on picking up the rent...
I've had an apartment in Venice, CA for over a year. It was a year lease, which changed to month-to-month after the lease expired. I've been here for 18 months. I called at the beginning of October to tell them I'd be gone by November 1st, which is the case. My roommate, who is not on the...
View more questions Search
|
