SB 182 - Curls, Shalonn
Changes the amount of damages that a tenant can recover when the security deposit is wrongfully withheld by a landlord
Bill Details
Sponsor
LR Number
0810S.01I
Title
SB 182
House Handler
N/A
Journal Page
Effective Date
August 28, 2015
Current Status
Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
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Amendments
No amendments available
CURRENT BILL SUMMARY
SB 182 - Currently, if a landlord wrongfully withholds any portion of the security deposit then the tenant can recover as damages not more than twice the amount withheld. This act provides that a tenant shall recover as damages twice the amount wrongfully withheld by the landlord.
This act is identical to provisions contained in SB 309 (2015), and to HB 2283 (2014) and HB 884 (2013).
JESSI BAKER