South Carolina security deposit itemization
A South Carolina 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 South Carolina requires
- Deadline
- 30 days after the later of the tenancy ending with possession returned, or the tenant's demand.
- Delivery
- Send the notice and amount due to the forwarding address the tenant gave in writing, or to the last known address if you have none.
- If it is late
- Three times the amount wrongfully withheld plus attorney's fees.
- Also
- A landlord with more than four adjoining units and differing deposit standards must post or give tenants the method of calculation, or the excess over the lowest comparable deposit cannot be applied to damage.
- Statute
- S.C. Code § 27-40-410
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. South Carolina 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 South Carolina needs and leaves out the ones it does not.
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