Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Florida

We have been advised by email that a landlord wants to retain our bond for supposed damage we caused to the property we rented. We received this by email after the thirty day period required in Florida. The email said that registered mail was sent on the thirtieth day but was retuned to them as undelivered despite them having our new address on file. These are very unreasonably people the demands are equally unreasonable and i would love to put this to bed immediately because they are outside the time frame. How do i confirm the registered letter was sent on the thirtieth day and not that they forgot and are now trying to cover up by sending an email and saying it was returned.


Asked on 8/14/13, 4:14 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Barry Stein De Cardenas, Freixas, Stein & Zachary

You can certainly demand a copy of the notice letter. They may not produce it, but if you file suit for return of your security deposit, they will have to produce it then. If the statute was not followed, you are entitled to the security deposit back and attorney's fees for its pursuit. Seek legal guidance.

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Answered on 8/15/13, 2:17 am


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