QUESTION
Can I collect a security deposit from tennants after they have lived there for over a year?
Asked on Aug 02nd, 2014 on Landlord and Tenant Law - New York
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Bought the family house from estate. Had tenants in place. Never got security deposit from estate. Tenants have been there for 6 years w/me as landlord. I CAN prove no security deposit was EVER collected. Can I collect now?
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Certainly you can collect a security deposit, but this should be an obligation that will be part of a new lease that should be issued to these tenants.
Gerry Wendrovsky, Esq.- Upper West Side Landlord-Tenant Lawyer
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Answered on Aug 06th, 2014 at 10:36 AM