Letter asking for a rental deposit back
To: Your landlord
When to send it
Send this once you have moved out and the deposit has not come back. It fixes the date you asked.
What it does not do
This letter does not state a legal maximum deposit or a statutory return period. No Act in juris's corpus fixes either.
What you fill in
- Your full name
- Landlord's name
- Address of the premises
- Date you moved in
- Date you moved out
- Deposit paid (rupees)
- Was an inventory (état des lieux) made when you moved in? Write yes or no
The template
[today]
[Landlord's name]
Dear Sir or Madam,
RE: DEPOSIT FOR [Address of the premises]
I rented the premises at [Address of the premises] from [Date you moved in] to [Date you moved out]. I paid a deposit of [Deposit paid (rupees)] rupees.
I vacated the premises on [Date you moved out]. The deposit has not been returned to me.
Inventory of the premises at the start of the tenancy: [Was an inventory (état des lieux) made when you moved in? Write yes or no]
I ask you to return the deposit in full within 14 days of this letter, or to tell me in writing which part you are withholding and precisely why, item by item, with the cost of each.
If I do not hear from you I will lodge a claim.
Yours faithfully,
[Your full name]
After sending
Keep a copy and a proof of sending. If there is no reply, the small claims procedure can be started orally at the District Court clerk's counter.
These are letters to the other side, or to a body that takes written complaints. None of them is a court filing. This page is legal information, not legal advice. juris never predicts how a matter will be decided. Check the source before you rely on a passage.