Legal Question in Consumer Law in California

Apartment Move Out Fees

I recently moved out of my

apartments, and they went through

the apartment and wrote up the

''final bill'' due. There wasn't that

much damage to it so they used part

of my original deposit and credited

me back the rest. However, they

recently sent me (20) days later, a

revised ''final bill'' due, changing the

damage costs which will have me

paying a lot of money. Is this legal to

do, since they had already wrote me

a ''Final Bill'', signed and paid for it?


Asked on 7/09/09, 10:57 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Jerold M. Gorski Law Offices of Jerold M. Gorski

Re: Apartment Move Out Fees

I have not heard of a landlord attempting to revise a final disposition of the security deposit. Is the revised bill unreasonable? Landlord/tenant law is regulated at both the state and county level, so it may depend on where the rental is located and also what your lease provides. Twenty days later from when -- when the landlord regained the possession of the unit (21 days is often the time frame) or twenty days from the other final bill? Perhaps a firm but polite phone call will resolve the matter -- and if they insist they have the right to revise the final bill, ask them for the authority (statute, ordinance, lease provision, or whatever) that they rely on.

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Answered on 7/09/09, 8:01 pm


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