Get Your Deposit Back

Start based on your situation

• Deposit not returned
• Florida 15-day and 30-day deadlines
• Unfair deductions or claim notice
• Avoid problems before move-out

What Florida law is built around

Florida has a split process. A landlord who does not intend to impose a claim must return the deposit and required interest within 15 days after the rental agreement terminates after you vacate.

If the landlord intends to impose a claim, the landlord must send written notice within 30 days after termination. That notice goes by certified mail to your last known mailing address, or by email only if Florida's electronic-notice rule applies.

If you receive a claim notice and disagree, you have 15 days after receiving it to object in writing. Florida also has deposit-holding, interest, disclosure, and early-vacating notice rules that can matter in the right case.

Read the full Florida law overview

This is a sequence, not one magic letter

One letter is sometimes enough, but often it is not.

1. Document move-out, termination, your current mailing address, and where deposit notices should be sent
2. Send a clear deposit-due notice after the correct Florida deadline passes
3. Escalate with the statute, the missing or late claim notice, objection facts, and your proof
4. Send a final demand before deciding whether to file in County Court

Step 1 is preventive. It helps make the address, timing, and deposit-response record clear before the dispute hardens.