Ohio security deposit itemization
A Ohio 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 Ohio requires
- Deadline
- 30 days after the rental agreement ends and possession is returned.
- Delivery
- Deliver the written notice to the forwarding address the tenant gave in writing; without one the tenant loses damages and fees.
- If it is late
- The amount wrongfully withheld again as damages, plus attorney's fees.
- Interest
- 5% a year on the part of the deposit above the greater of $50 or one month's rent, once the tenant has stayed six months.
- Statute
- R.C. 5321.16
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. Ohio 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 Ohio needs and leaves out the ones it does not.
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