Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in California

Deposit refund

On the 5th of Dec we moved out of our friend, Amber's townhome We left the place exactly how we got it. Later that night Amber's boyfriend, Chris, called my husband saying that they would give us our deposit when they got the money together. Since then we have tried numerious times to get in contact with her. She had disconnected her phone and would not answer our pages, finally I sent her a letter asking her to respond by Dec 31st, 2003 or I would file a claim. I did not hear from her for another week. I then sent her an e-mail with an attached copy of the letter that I sent her. She replied saying that she would have to go over all of the bills then get back to me. She e-mailed me again on Mon saying that she can meet with me on this Sat Jan.17th, I agreed. I found out today that I have to work Sat so I won't be able to meet her. I sent her an e-mail to let her know, and asked if she could just send me the deposit in the mail with a copy of all the bills. She sent me an e-mail back saying ''No we will meet in person. I am not sending you anything. If we do not meet on Jan. 17th, then we can't meet till after apr 16th.'' I was just curious what can I do about this situation. Do I have to meet her in person? Please help.


Asked on 1/16/04, 1:57 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Ken Koenen Koenen & Tokunaga, P.C.

Re: Deposit refund

She must either refund the deposit or provide you with an accounting of any damage within 21 days, PERIOD! If she does not provide you with the accounting in that time, she must return the entire deposit, and sue for damages, if there are any.

Quit being nice, and file a small claims court action.

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Answered on 1/16/04, 6:23 pm


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