Built for the side of the deposit dispute nobody designs for.
Deposit Docket is a documentation tool for the small landlord and the two-person property manager — the people who care about their tenants, and still want to be paid for damage. We make the paperwork match the intent.
Four principles, in tension with each other.
Transparency disarms disputes.
Absorbed items appear in the packet under 'Noted, not charged.' Estimates get footnoted, not hidden. The tenant who sees what you didn't charge them argues less about what you did.
Restraint reads as authority.
Newsreader serifs, judicial navy, monospaced numerics. No emoji, no exclamation marks, no 'wow, you're so close to ready!' — your packet should look like an attorney printed it.
The deadline is the design.
Every screen knows what day of 21 you're on. Color shifts as the days narrow. The next thing to do is always visible.
We are not a law firm.
We're a documentation tool. Outputs are formatted to assist with California Civ. Code §1950.5 — not to replace the lawyer you'd call if the dispute escalated.
What we're working on next.
We ship in the open. If a feature here is what you actually need, tell us — we'll let you know when it's ready.
One person. Real units.
Deposit Docket is built by one person who has been on both sides of a security deposit dispute.
More on the workflow this is built around.
Have a question about a specific deduction situation?
We answer every email within one business day. Even when the answer is “you should probably talk to an attorney.”