Landlord & tenant · Nevada
the short answer
Your landlord has 30 days to return the deposit with an itemized accounting. If the landlord does not, you can recover the whole deposit again, and the court may add a further sum of up to one more full deposit on top. If you bought a surety bond instead, you have 30 days from that accounting to dispute an item in writing.
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governing statute
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deadline
30 days
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Across the country. 23 of the 47 states written up answer this the same way as Nevada. The shortest is 14 days, as in Alaska; the longest is 60 days, as in Alabama. Compare every state →
penalty
An amount equal to the entire security deposit, plus a further sum fixed by the court of up to the amount of the entire deposit (§ 118A.242(6)).
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which court
Justice court
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small claims limit
$10,000
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also
If you bought a surety bond instead of paying a deposit, you have 30 days from the itemized accounting to dispute an item with the surety in writing — and doing so stops it being reported to a credit agency without a judgment.
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