No seats, no per-property fees, no annual contract. Open as many draft tenants as you want — you're billed when you click Export packet. Free photo apps store the pictures. The $29 is for the part that carries statutory consequences: the itemized accounting, the receipts, and the 21-day date.
Civil Code §1950.5(m): bad-faith claims or retention of the deposit can lead to statutory damages up to twice the deposit, in addition to actual damages.
Civil Code §1950.5(h)(7): a landlord who fails in bad faith to comply with the accounting requirements is not entitled to claim any amount of the deposit.
These bad-faith consequences are not automatic penalties for every missed deadline. See the current text of California Civil Code §1950.5.
Photo libraries, condition reports, and statement templates can each help. Deposit Docket connects the accounting to per-line photos and cost records. Section 1950.5(h)(2)–(5) governs supporting documentation, the combined repair-and-cleaning threshold of $125, waivers, tenant requests, and estimates. The $29 packet brings those records together with the deadline and deposit balance.
21 calendar days from the day possession returns. Weekends and holidays count.
Itemized deductions, totals, and the balance actually returned — reconciled.
Documents attached to the charge they support, with estimates disclosed as estimates.
Captured, paired move-in to move-out, and delivered with the statement as AB 2801 requires.
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Deposit Docket brings the itemized statement, deduction totals, per-line photos, and receipts into one packet, with deadline tracking and $125 receipt-threshold prompts. Photo libraries and blank templates can help with parts of that work. Under §1950.5(h)(7), bad-faith failure to comply with the accounting requirements bars claims against the deposit. Under §1950.5(m), bad-faith claims or retention can also lead to statutory damages up to twice the deposit, in addition to actual damages. The first packet is free; subsequent packets are $29. Documentation helps you explain a deduction but does not guarantee compliance or a court outcome.
Yes. Move-in capture, move-out capture paired to the same rooms, and the post-repair set, all dated and stored on the tenant file — then delivered inside the packet alongside the itemized statement, which is where AB 2801 requires them to go.
When you click 'Export packet' on a tenant. Drafts and unexported tenants stay free as long as you keep them open.
Re-exports of the same tenant are free for 30 days after the first export — fix a typo, add a late receipt, swap a photo, no charge.
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California today, with built-in awareness of the 21-day deadline and §1950.5 cover-letter framing. More states arriving as the regulatory schema is mapped.
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