I received a noitce of Security Deposit Refund from my ex-landlord. ?
May 7th, 2011 | 
Author: I moved out of my apartment on the date specified by the judge in a court ordered money judgement/possesion.
This was a consent judgement, I showed up for court, and I received the court papers before leaving. I recieved in the mail on yesterday a notice from the property manager dated Oct. 17th, 29 days from the date, I moved out of the apartment. This notice did not have the correct rental unit or vacate date listed, but it has my name as a tenant, no damages were listed BUT they listed a default lease amount for the remainder of the lease if I hadn’t moved.
Is this a valid notice?
It stated that I had 7 days to respond. The information that they have listed on the notice is not accurate. If I reply to this notice, disagreeing with the information contained in the notice, will this classify as admission to what they have stated? Can I dispute the entire validity and authentication of the information listed?
Can I sue them for my security deposit, since they did not technically respond in the time allocated by legislature to act when refunding security deposits? Technically they have not contacted me, since the information listed is not accurate.
Attorneys/Landlord Tenant Law expertise/Property Managers/ or those who have encountered this same situation.
Posted in Landlord Tenant Law
The procedure for security deposits is governed by statute, so it depends on which state you are in. What you should do is call them and ask. You are not responsible for any of the remainder of the lease if there is a judgment concerning the property and you have complied with it (you moved out). The best thing to do is to ask for your security deposit back in writing. It looks like you know the statute.