Your landlord kept your deposit? Massachusetts law may owe you triple.

Answer six quick questions about your security deposit. See what Massachusetts law says you may be owed, instantly and for free.

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Takes about 2 minutes. No account needed.

Losing your deposit is common. Letting it go is optional.

1 in 4

renters has lost a security deposit to their landlord

Most

renters do not expect to get their full deposit back

1 in 3

renters who lost a deposit never got an explanation

Massachusetts law (M.G.L. c. 186 §15B) can make a landlord who breaks the rules pay up to 3× the deposit plus court costs and attorney's fees.

Source: Rent.com renter survey (1,000 U.S. renters, 2023).

How it works

  1. 1

    Answer ~6 questions about your deposit

    Takes about 2 minutes. No account, no documents needed to start.

  2. 2

    See what the law says you may be owed, free

    An instant analysis citing each potential violation to the statute. The number can be bigger than the deposit itself: up to 3 times the amount wrongfully held, plus 5% interest, court costs, and attorney's fees.

  3. 3

    For $49, we write your demand letter and send it certified mail

    A formal letter citing your exact violations, sent to your landlord by certified mail for you. If they still do not pay, you get a small claims plan with your numbers already filled in.

Want to read up first?

Plain-English guides to what M.G.L. c. 186, §15B requires of your landlord: the 30-day deadline, what can and cannot be deducted, interest, and small claims court.

Read the Massachusetts security deposit guides