Something has come up that requires us to move back to Michigan. We will be leaving January 3rd. When telling our landlord, she said a 30 da...

Question

Something has come up that requires us to move back to Michigan. We will be leaving January 3rd. When telling our landlord, she said a 30 day notice is "required" to get security deposit back. Our lease has been expired for 1 1/2 years, we go month to month. No where on this (expired) lease does it say anything about notice. The only thing it says is -$80 for cleaning. We have never once been late, are very clean and have never caused any problems, also no money is due for anything else. Is this a Florida law or is she just trying to keep our deposit?

Answer

The lease agreement controls. You need to have that document reviewed by an attorney. The security deposit is for damages to the unit NOT for prepaid rental.