(10) [Editor's note: Subsection (10) is effective January 1, 2026.] A landlord
may send a payment refunding a tenant's security deposit or any portion of it as
required by this section to the tenant by mailing the payment to the tenant's last-known address or, with the tenant's consent, by using a secured electronic transfer
of funds.
(11) [Editor's note: Subsection (11) is effective January 1, 2026.]
(a) A landlord does not have actual cause to retain any amount of a security deposit
to pay for the replacement of carpet throughout a dwelling unit unless there is
substantial and irreparable damage to the carpet that exceeds normal wear and
tear and did not preexist the tenancy. Nothing in this subsection (11)(a) precludes a
landlord from having actual cause to retain any amount of a security deposit to pay
for the replacement of carpet in a portion or portions of the dwelling unit if there is
substantial and irreparable damage to a portion or portions of the carpet that
exceeds normal wear and tear and did not preexist the tenancy.
(b) A landlord does not have actual cause to retain any amount of a security
deposit to pay for painting throughout the interior of a dwelling unit unless there is
substantial damage to the paint of the interior walls or ceiling throughout the entire
dwelling unit that exceeds normal wear and tear and did not preexist the tenancy.
Nothing in this subsection (11)(b) precludes a landlord from having actual cause to
retain any amount of a security deposit to pay for the replacement of paint in a
portion or portions of the dwelling unit if there is substantial damage to a portion or
portions of the paint on the interior walls or ceiling that exceeds normal wear and
tear and did not preexist the tenancy.