Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in New York
damages after lease termination and deposit return
We moved out of our rental house 5/28. Our landlady returned our security deposit to us 6/16. The other day 8/16, she emailed us claiming that a couch that she owned was damaged by us during our lease period. She expects us to replace the couch, and threatened to involve a collection agency. Does she have any legal right to make us replace this couch considering the lease ended and the security deposit was fully refunded?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: damages after lease termination and deposit return
Only if she can prove the damage was caused by you during the period of your leasehold. The fact that she reimbursed your secuirty deposit, presumably after an inspection of the premises as you left it would evidence the fact that you did not cause the damage, that is unless the damage was of a nature that was not reasonably discoverable at the time you left the premises.
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