In Pennsylvania & Ohio, when a tenant moves out (surrenders the keys) and provides his new mailing address, the landlord is required to account for the security deposit within 30 days.
The accounting must be in writing and be balance refunded by check and mailed within the 30 days.
Missing this date by even one day, can mean the landlord can not recovery any money for damages to the property. The landlord is also responsible to pay DOUBLE the security deposit to the landlord. If the tenant has to sue the landlord the landlord has no defense, will loose, and now owe court cost too.
The tenant now has a judgment.
The tenant should first ask the landlord one more time to pay! Once the judgment is final, the tenant may record the judgment, and proceed to enforce it.
Usually the amount of money is too small to make it worth it to pay a lawyer to pursue, as they will want a retainer. So the tenant is left to enforce it.
This can be a time consuming endeavor, especially if you are not familiar with court processes for enforcement. An easier and faster alternative is to contact a judgment enforcement professional to do it.
JudgmentCARE provides fast and efficient judgment enforcement. It costs nothing to start, there are no expenses, or court fees to pay.
Ready to get started, drop me an email with your contact information. Please include the landlords address, phone, judgment date, amount, court, and case or docket number.
Steve@JudgmentCARE.com
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