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Deposit details Checklist, account notice, refund timing, and supporting documents. Security deposit amount
Signed move-in checklist?
Not sure
Yes
No
Deposit account notice given?? This asks whether the tenant was told where the deposit is held, such as the bank or trust-account name and address required for the jurisdiction.
Not sure
Yes
No
Move-out date, if deposit return is in play
Refund or itemized statement date
Itemized statement provided?
Not sure
Yes
No
WA invoices/receipts/estimates attached?? For a Washington deposit deduction, this means supporting invoices, receipts, or good-faith estimates were sent with the itemized statement when required.
Not sure
Yes
No
Lease clause details Rights waivers, nondisclosure, fee shifting, payment restrictions, and penalty terms. Waives tenant rights/remedies?? Examples include language saying the tenant gives up statutory notice, repair, deposit, privacy, or court rights.
Not sure
No
Yes
Nondisclosure or tenant-silencing term?
Not sure
No
Yes
Attorney-fee, cost-shifting, or indemnity term?? Flag language that automatically makes the tenant pay the landlord's legal costs, attorney fees, or indemnity regardless of what the law allows.
Not sure
No
Yes
Late-fee grace period under five days?? Flag a clause that charges a late fee before the applicable grace period has run.
Not sure
No
Yes
Electronic-only payment requirement?
Not sure
No
Yes
Confession-of-judgment or admission term?? Flag language that treats the tenant as admitting liability or lets judgment be entered without the ordinary court process.
Not sure
No
Yes
Preset liquidated-damages penalty?? Flag a preset penalty that may exceed a reasonable estimate of actual loss, such as an automatic large charge for a minor breach.
Not sure
No
Yes
Fee details Move-in, late, noncompliance, and Seattle-specific fee checks. Unauthorized move-in or admin fee?
Not sure
No
Yes
Malformed late-fee term?
Not sure
No
Yes
Improper noncompliance or penalty fee?
Not sure
No
Yes
Seattle move-in cap or installment issue?
Not sure
No
Yes
Screening fee details Amount, disclosures, allowed cost, and refunds. Screening fee amount
Criteria and process disclosed before fee?? This asks whether the applicant received the screening criteria, process, and required notices before paying the screening fee.
Not sure
Yes / not required
No
Fee within report/cost cap?? Choose Yes only if the fee stayed within the actual screening-report or legally allowed cost—not simply the amount commonly charged nearby.
Not sure
Yes / not required
No
Refunded if unit filled or no screening?? Some circumstances require returning a screening fee, including when screening was not performed. Choose Not sure if you did not track the disposition.
Not sure
Yes / not required
No
Entry and payment details Add the violation facts and payment-order check when they matter. Entry/access violation count
Tenant gave written notice of entry violation?
Not sure
Yes
No
Tenant payments applied in required order?? This asks whether payments were credited in the legally required sequence instead of being steered to fees or other charges first.
Not sure
Yes
No
Oregon abandoned property details Notice, storage, waiting periods, special property, and actual damages. Written abandoned-property notice given?
Not sure
Yes
No
Notice included ORS 90.425 contents?
Not sure
Yes
No
5/8/45-day contact window satisfied?? Oregon waiting periods vary with delivery and property type. Choose Yes only if the applicable contact/claim period expired before disposal.
Not sure
Yes
No
Property stored safely and pets handled?
Not sure
Yes
No
Includes RV, manufactured dwelling, or floating home?
Not sure
No
Yes
Owners/lienholders/tax offices notified where required?? Vehicles, manufactured dwellings, and floating homes may require notice to titled owners, lienholders, or tax authorities in addition to the former tenant.
Not sure
Yes
No
Removal/sale/disposal wait satisfied?
Not sure
Yes
No
Actual damages value, if known
Portland-specific details Screening, Schedule R, and deposit duties. Portland application screening rules satisfied?? Portland adds rules for application timing, notices, criteria, disability-related modifications, and how applicants are processed.
Not sure
Yes
No
Portland Schedule R filed?? Schedule R is Portland's annual rental registration schedule filed with the city's business tax return for residential rental units.
Not sure
Yes
No
Portland deposit duties satisfied?? Portland has additional deposit accounting, condition-report, installment, notice, and interest duties beyond Oregon's statewide rules.
Not sure
Yes
No