Rhode Island security deposit itemization
A Rhode Island landlord must send the itemized statement within 20 days after the later of move-out and receiving the tenant's forwarding address. 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 Rhode Island requires
- Deadline
- 20 days after the later of the tenancy ending, possession being returned, or the tenant giving a forwarding address.
- Delivery
- Deliver the written notice with the amount due; the statute names no method.
- If it is late
- The amount due plus damages of twice the amount wrongfully withheld, and attorney's fees.
- Statute
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-19
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. Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island needs and leaves out the ones it does not.
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