Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in California

Re: Tenant Dispute

You may have a right to pursue the three additional days rent they deducted. Did you return the keys, fully surrender the property and advise them of such by the last day of the month? Its generally a good practice to get a receipt for the keys, or some indication that they received the keys on the date you surrendered them. As for the repairs, did they deduct from your security deposit for items that you had been complaining about? Were those problems there when you moved in, or is it damage you created while you lived there? There are a lot of questions that would need to be answered to give you any indication of whether or not you might succeed in getting your full deposit back. Essentially, so long as the apartment was in the same condition in which you rented it, less normal wear and tear (not cleaning - you had to leave it clean including carpets cleaned), then you should have received your deposit back. Take them to small claims and let a judge sort it out if you don't get the full amount back.

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