Missouri security deposit itemization
A Missouri landlord must send the itemized statement within 30 days after move-out. Miss it and the tenant can sue for the penalty. The generator checks the deadline, the delivery method and the documentation as you fill it in.
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What Missouri requires
- Deadline
- 30 days after the tenancy ends.
- Delivery
- Mailing the statement and payment to the tenant's last known address is compliance.
- If it is late
- Wrongful withholding: twice the amount wrongfully withheld.
- Also
- Give the tenant reasonable written notice of the move-out inspection date and time; the tenant may attend. Carpet-cleaning deductions need a receipt for the actual cost within 30 days.
- Statute
- RSMo § 535.300
What goes on the statement
The deposit and the date it was received, each deduction with a specific description and amount, the total withheld, and the refund or balance owed. Missouri landlords also record how and when the statement was sent, because the deadline is measured to that date. Damage lines should say what was damaged and how, not just a room name: a tenant, and a judge, can tell a burn mark from carpet wear.
Interest, a separate deposit account, receipts, photographs and a sworn attestation are only required in some states. The generator shows the fields Missouri needs and leaves out the ones it does not.
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