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Connecticut security deposit demand letter

This is the body of the letter, with your details in brackets. Sentences marked "Only if" appear only when your answers match. The letter is sent in your name.

I was a tenant at [rental address]. I paid a security deposit of $[deposit amount]. My tenancy terminated on [tenancy end date]. I gave you written notice of my forwarding address on [forwarding address date].

Under section 47a-21(d) of the Connecticut General Statutes, a landlord must deliver to the tenant at the forwarding address either the full amount of the security deposit plus accrued interest, or the balance of the deposit and accrued interest after deduction for damages, together with a written statement itemizing the nature and amount of those damages. The landlord must do so within twenty one days after the termination of the tenancy, or within fifteen days after receiving written notification of the tenant's forwarding address, whichever is later.

Both of those periods have passed.

[Only if nothing returned] I have not received my deposit or an itemized statement.[Only if partial return] I received $[amount returned] on [date returned]. I have not received the balance or an itemized statement.

Section 47a-21(d)(2) provides that a landlord who violates any provision of subsection (d) is liable for twice the amount of any security deposit paid by the tenant, except that if the only violation is a failure to deliver the accrued interest, the landlord is liable for ten dollars or twice the amount of the accrued interest, whichever is greater.

I am requesting the return of my security deposit with accrued interest.

Statute: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-21. Read the statute.

Last reviewed: October 2026