New York Security Deposit Law: One-Month Cap and 14-Day Return
How New York’s security deposit rules work since the 2019 rent law: the one-month cap, the 14-day return deadline, allowable deductions, and penalties.
Landlord & Tenant
How to handle security deposits, evictions, lease termination, and habitability issues — for renters and landlords.
What Must Be in a Pennsylvania Residential Lease
Pennsylvania requires few specific lease clauses, but security-deposit caps, a 30-day return rule, and federal lead-paint disclosure apply to every tenancy.
What Must Be in an Ohio Residential Lease
Ohio does not require a standard lease form, but state law dictates one required disclosure, voids certain clauses, and sets rules on deposits, repairs, and long-term leases.
Florida Residential Lease Requirements: What to Include
What Florida law actually requires a residential lease to contain: written-lease rules, mandatory disclosures, void clauses, and the statutory defaults that apply when a lease is silent.
California Residential Lease Requirements: What Must Be Included
What California law requires in a written residential lease, from mandatory terms and required disclosures to rent-cap notices and the security deposit limit.
Pennsylvania Warranty of Habitability: What Landlords Must Fix
How Pennsylvania’s implied warranty of habitability protects tenants: what landlords must keep in working order, and the remedies when they don’t.
Ohio Warranty of Habitability: What Landlords Must Provide
Ohio’s warranty of habitability comes from R.C. 5321.04, which requires landlords to keep rentals fit and habitable. Learn what it covers, who is exempt, and how tenants enforce it through rent escrow.
Florida Security Deposit Return Deadline: What the Law Requires
How long a Florida landlord has to return a security deposit, the 30-day notice-of-claim rule, and why the state sets no maximum deposit amount.
New York Eviction Process: Timeline From Notice to Removal
New York evictions follow a set legal path from a written notice to a court warrant carried out by a sheriff or marshal. Here is the timeline, stage by stage, with the deadlines that apply at each step.
What California Security Deposit Law Requires in 2026
California security deposit law caps most residential deposits at one month’s rent and requires landlords to return the deposit, with an itemized statement of any deductions, within 21 calendar days of move-out.
How Long Does the Eviction Process Take in Pennsylvania?
A step-by-step look at the Pennsylvania eviction timeline: the notice to quit, filing the complaint, the hearing set 7 to 15 days later, the judgment, the 10-day appeal window, the order for possession, and removal by a constable, with the deadline that governs each stage.
How to Break a Lease in California Without Penalty
The legal grounds that let a California tenant end a fixed-term lease early without owing the remaining rent, and what a tenant owes when no ground applies.