georges way v harrington, No. 25-cv-2569 (Vt. Super. Ct. 2024)

Citation: georges way v harrington, No. 25-cv-2569 (Vt. Super. Ct. 2024)
Parent Document: georges way v harrington, No. 25-cv-2569 (Vt. Super. Ct. 2024)
Jurisdiction: Vermont (state)
Effective Date: 2024-09-09
Original Source: https://www.vermontjudiciary.org/media/19416 ↗

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The security deposit section of the Landlord and Tenant Act is clearly a consumer
protection provision regulating contractual security deposit procedures . . . . The primary
obligation of the landlord is to return the deposit, net of any deduction for damage to the
premises or for unpaid rent. Accompanying the payment, if any, must be an itemization of
any deductions . . . .
In re Soon Kwon, 2011 VT 26, ¶ 15. As the Vermont Supreme Court has also noted, the basis for the
withholding must be facially valid and will comply with the provisions of Section 4461(c), even if the
charges are later overturned. Barry v. Khamnei, 2013 WL 2922540, at *5 (Jun. 12, 2013) (unpub. mem.).

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