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Free Pennsylvania Security Deposit Itemization Form

Build a compliant Pennsylvania itemized list of damages under the Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951, 68 P.S. § 250.512. The landlord must deliver the written itemized list and return any balance within 30 days of the tenancy ending, never charge for ordinary wear and tear, and a late list forfeits the right to withhold anything.

68 P.S. § 250.512 30-day list + refund Auto-calc refund Free PDF

A Pennsylvania security deposit itemization form, called the itemized list of damages by the statute, is the written accounting a landlord delivers at the end of a tenancy showing exactly how the deposit was applied. Under the Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951, 68 P.S. § 250.512, a landlord must provide that written list and return any remaining balance no later than 30 days after the tenancy ends and the tenant surrenders possession, and a landlord who misses that deadline forfeits the right to keep any of the deposit. Our Pennsylvania security deposit laws guide covers the wider framework, and the tenant screening laws by state hub helps you place tenants who return the unit clean in the first place.

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Video: a plain-language walkthrough of the Pennsylvania deposit itemization – the 30-day deadline under § 250.512, the forfeiture rule, the no-wear-and-tear standard, and the double-damages penalty.

Key Takeaways: Pennsylvania Deposit Itemization

• 68 P.S. § 250.512 sets a hard 30-day clock. The landlord delivers the written itemized list of damages and returns any balance within 30 days after the tenancy ends and the tenant surrenders possession.
• A late list forfeits every deduction. Under § 250.512(b), a landlord who fails to provide the list within 30 days forfeits all right to withhold any portion of the deposit and the right to sue the tenant for damage.
• No charge for wear and tear. Only unpaid rent, damage beyond ordinary use, and lease-authorized charges are deductible; ordinary wear is never charged to the deposit.
• Wrongful withholding exposes the landlord to double. Under § 250.512(c), a landlord who fails to return the balance owes the tenant double the amount by which the deposit exceeds the actual damages, with the burden on the landlord.

Complete the form below to build an itemized list of damages ready to print, sign, and send. Enter the original deposit, add any interest owed on a deposit held past two years, itemize each deduction with a specific description, and the generator sums the deductions, subtracts them from the deposit, and calculates the refund due, or the balance the tenant still owes when deductions exceed the deposit. Every figure you enter flows straight into the dated PDF, and the running total updates as you type.

Pennsylvania treats the security deposit as the tenant’s money that the landlord holds, and the Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951, codified at 68 P.S. § 250.512, is the statute that governs how and when it comes back. The single most important number is thirty. No later than 30 days after the termination of the lease or the surrender and acceptance of the premises, whichever first occurs, the landlord must provide the tenant with a written itemized list of any damages for which the deposit is being applied and must return the remaining balance. Miss that window and the landlord’s position collapses, because the statute does not merely inconvenience a late landlord; it takes away the right to keep anything at all.

The clock is triggered by the end of the tenancy, meaning the termination of the lease or the surrender of possession, not by the date the tenant hands over a forwarding address. That said, the forwarding address matters for a different reason, discussed below in the remedies section, so a tenant should always give one in writing. If the tenant gives up possession on the first of the month, the itemized list and the balance are due by the thirtieth. When no forwarding address is provided, the landlord sends the list and any balance to the tenant’s last known address, which is often the rental unit itself. A landlord who understands that the deadline runs from the end of the tenancy will start the inspection and the paperwork immediately, and our Pennsylvania move-in and move-out checklist is the upstream record that makes the accounting defensible.

The list itself is not a formality. It ties every dollar the landlord keeps to a described reason, and it is the document the landlord will hand a magisterial district judge if the deductions are ever challenged. A complete list states the original deposit, each deduction as a separate line item with a specific description and amount, the supporting receipts or estimates, and the refund balance. Because the itemization form here also prepares the accompanying balance, it keeps the two obligations that § 250.512 imposes, the list and the return of the balance, in a single document, and our Pennsylvania security deposit laws guide walks through the documentation practice in more detail.

68 P.S. § 250.512 does two things at once: it limits what a landlord may keep, and it imposes a severe consequence for a late or missing list. Understanding both halves is what separates a deduction that survives a challenge from one that is thrown out, or worse, that costs the landlord the entire deposit.

Permissible Deductions

The statute allows a landlord to apply the deposit to unpaid rent and to the reasonable cost of repairing damage to the premises caused by the tenant beyond ordinary wear and tear. Where the lease makes them recoverable, the deposit may also cover other tenant obligations such as unpaid utilities the tenant agreed to pay or contractual charges the lease specifies. Anything outside that list, such as routine turnover painting, ordinary carpet aging, or a charge dressed up as an administrative or re-rental fee, is not a lawful deduction, and the deposit may never be kept simply as a penalty for the tenancy ending.

Normal Wear and Tear Is Never Deductible

The line between damage and wear and tear decides most deposit disputes. Normal wear and tear is the gradual deterioration a unit suffers from ordinary living over the length of the tenancy: faded or lightly scuffed paint, carpet worn thin in the main walking paths, small nail holes from hanging pictures, and minor marks near light switches and door handles. Damage is harm beyond that ordinary use: large holes punched in drywall, carpet burns or pet-urine saturation, broken fixtures, unauthorized alterations, and filth left far below move-in condition. Only damage is chargeable, and the move-in and move-out condition records paired with dated photographs are the evidence that separates the two categories.

No Receipts-Dollar Threshold, But Document Everything

Unlike California, which triggers a receipts requirement once repairs and cleaning together exceed a set figure, Pennsylvania sets no dollar threshold in § 250.512. The statute simply requires the written itemized list of damages, and the defensible practice is to support every deduction with a receipt for completed work or a third-party estimate for work not yet performed, along with dated photographs. Where the landlord or the landlord’s own employee did the work, describe the work performed and charge a reasonable rate that the landlord can support. Because Pennsylvania courts construe deposit deductions strictly against the landlord, an undocumented deduction of any size is exposed, and the safest rule is that if a deduction is worth claiming, it is worth documenting.

The Deposit Caps and Interest Rule

The itemization comes at the end of the tenancy, but the size of the deposit is set at the start. Under 68 P.S. § 250.511a, the deposit may not exceed two months’ rent during the first year of the lease and may not exceed one month’s rent during the second and every following year. A landlord who collected two months up front must return the amount above one month at the start of the second year. Under 68 P.S. § 250.511b, a deposit of more than one hundred dollars held for more than two years must be placed in an insured institution and must earn interest, which begins to accrue in the twenty-fifth month; the landlord may retain one percent of the deposit per year as an administrative fee and pays the remaining interest to the tenant. The itemization form above includes an optional monthly-rent field so the generator can flag a deposit that appears to exceed the one-month cap that applies in the second year and beyond.

The deadlines and documentation rules would be toothless without a penalty, and 68 P.S. § 250.512 supplies two sharp ones. The first is forfeiture. Under § 250.512(b), a landlord who fails to provide the written itemized list of damages within 30 days forfeits all rights to withhold any portion of the deposit and forfeits the right to bring an action against the tenant for damages to the premises. A single missed deadline therefore does not merely delay the accounting; it can extinguish every deduction the landlord could otherwise have made and hand the entire deposit back to the tenant.

The second penalty is doubling. Under § 250.512(c), a landlord who fails to return the balance of the deposit together with the itemized list within 30 days is liable to the tenant for damages in a sum equal to double the amount by which the deposit exceeds the actual damages to the premises. The burden is on the landlord to prove the damages that justify any withholding. On a two-thousand-dollar deposit that the landlord kept without justification, a court can award the tenant four thousand dollars, a multiple that dwarfs almost any legitimate deduction and drives most disputes toward settlement.

There is one important limit that a tenant must respect. The double-damages remedy under § 250.512 depends on the tenant having provided a forwarding address in writing. A tenant who never gave the landlord a written address is not entitled to the doubled recovery, although the landlord still owes the itemized accounting. Tenants usually bring these claims in magisterial district court, Pennsylvania’s small-claims-level forum, where the filing is inexpensive and the landlord’s itemized list, or its absence, is the centerpiece of the case. For landlords, the itemized statement generated above is the cheapest insurance against both penalties, and our overview of how to screen tenants is the upstream control that reduces the odds of a contested move-out in the first place.

A recurring and avoidable Pennsylvania mistake is to split the two obligations § 250.512 imposes. The statute requires the landlord to provide the itemized list and return the balance within the same 30-day window, not to send a list first and hold the money pending the tenant’s agreement. Withholding the balance while waiting for the tenant to dispute or accept the accounting is itself a retention that can trigger the double-damages exposure, even if the individual deductions were sound. Prepare the list and the refund check together and deliver them in one envelope.

Delivery method matters for proof. The safest practice is certified mail with return receipt requested, sent to the tenant’s written forwarding address or, if none was given, to the last known address, which is frequently the rental unit. Email delivery of the list is only appropriate where the tenant has agreed to it in writing, and the balance itself must be a check or other negotiable instrument, never an emailed number. Retain a copy of the list, the receipts and estimates, the certified-mail receipt, and the condition records; if a dispute surfaces months later, that packet is the entire defense.

Count the thirty days carefully. The period runs in calendar days from the day the tenant surrenders possession, not from the lease’s stated end date and not from the day a forwarding address arrives. Because the postmark and the delivery are what a court will look at, the conservative practice is to treat the statement as due to be in the mail well before day thirty, so that a weekend, a holiday, or a slow postal week never pushes an otherwise-timely accounting past the deadline. A landlord who calendars the surrender date and works backward to a target mailing date near day twenty-five rarely misses the window, while a landlord who waits until the deadline is looming routinely does.

A defensible Pennsylvania itemization is built in a fixed order, and following that order keeps a landlord from missing the thirty-day deadline or leaving a deduction undocumented. The sequence below turns the statute’s requirements into a checklist.

Step 1 – Compare move-out condition to the move-in baseline

Walk the unit against the move-in condition record and dated move-in photographs. Every deduction under § 250.512 must trace to a specific difference between how the unit was handed over and how it was returned, minus ordinary wear. Without a move-in baseline, the landlord is arguing that a condition is damage rather than pre-existing wear with no evidence, and Pennsylvania courts resolve that ambiguity in the tenant’s favor.

Step 2 – Separate damage from normal wear and tear

Sort each observed condition into damage or wear. Faded paint, minor scuffing, small nail holes, and traffic-pattern carpet wear are wear and are not deductible. Large drywall holes, pet-urine saturation, burns, broken fixtures, and filth far below move-in cleanliness are damage and are chargeable. When a condition is genuinely borderline, the conservative choice protects the landlord from a bad-faith finding on the whole package.

Step 3 – Gather a receipt or estimate for every line

Because Pennsylvania sets no dollar threshold, obtain a paid receipt for completed work or a written third-party estimate for work not yet performed, for every single deduction. Where the landlord performs the work personally, record the work done, the time spent, and a reasonable hourly rate that the landlord can defend. Photograph the damaged item next to its move-in state.

Step 4 – Itemize each deduction specifically

Enter each deduction on its own line with a concrete description and amount. “Cleaning” is insufficient; “oven and range degreasing, eighty-five dollars, receipt attached from a cleaning service” is correct. The specificity is the difference between a deduction a judge can evaluate and one that is presumed against the landlord.

Step 5 – Calculate and show the math

Add the deductions, add any interest owed to the tenant on a deposit held past two years, subtract the deductions from the deposit, and state whether a balance is returned to the tenant or the tenant owes an additional amount. Show the arithmetic on the statement; do not hand the tenant only a bottom-line figure.

Step 6 – Deliver the list and the balance within thirty days

Send the itemized list and the refund check together, by certified mail with return receipt requested, to the written forwarding address or the last known address. Calendar the deadline from the day the tenant surrendered possession and deliver by day twenty-five to leave mailing margin.

Step 7 – Retain the file

Keep the itemized list, receipts, estimates, photographs, condition records, and proof of delivery for at least four years. Most disputes proceed in magisterial district court, where the documentation packet is effectively the whole case, and a landlord who cannot produce the file usually loses even on valid deductions.

A complete Pennsylvania itemized statement under § 250.512 contains a fixed set of elements. The builder above captures each one, and knowing the list helps a landlord confirm nothing is missing before the envelope goes out.

Parties and property

The landlord’s name and mailing address, the tenant’s name and forwarding or last-known address, and the full address of the rental unit, including the unit number, so the statement is unambiguous about which tenancy it accounts for.

Tenancy dates and deposit

The tenancy start date and the move-out or surrender date, which together fix both the deposit cap that applied and the thirty-day clock, plus the original security deposit amount and any interest owed on a deposit held longer than two years.

Itemized deductions and calculation

Each deduction as a separate line with a specific description and amount, the total of the deductions, and the resulting balance returned to the tenant, or the additional amount owed by the tenant when deductions exceed the deposit. The math should appear on the face of the statement.

Attached documentation

Receipts for completed work and estimates for work not yet performed for every deduction, plus dated photographs of the damage. Photographs are not expressly required by the statute, but they carry most litigated deposit disputes and are routine in any contested case. Reference and attach the move-in and move-out checklists when available.

Delivery and signature

The method and date of delivery, the forwarding or last-known address used, and the landlord’s signature with printed name and title. Certified mail with return receipt requested is the delivery record that proves timely compliance if the tenant later claims the statement never arrived.

Because the wear-versus-damage line decides most Pennsylvania deposit disputes, it helps to see how common conditions fall on each side. The theme is consistent: deterioration from ordinary living is wear, and harm from misuse, neglect, or accident is damage.

Paint and walls

Faded paint, light scuffing, and small nail holes from hanging pictures are wear and cannot be charged, especially where the paint was already several years old and due for a turnover repaint. Large or numerous holes, unapproved bold color the tenant applied, crayon or marker across the walls, and smoke discoloration are damage, and the cost of repairing the specific damage is chargeable, though not a full repaint of a unit already due for one.

Flooring and carpet

Carpet worn thin in the main walking paths, minor matting, and light soiling that ordinary cleaning removes are wear. Pet-urine saturation, burns, large stains that do not clean, and gouges or water damage to hardwood are damage. Prorate carpet against its useful life; a landlord generally cannot charge a departing tenant the full price of replacing a carpet that was already near the end of its expected life.

Cleaning

A unit left broom-clean and reasonably tidy needs only ordinary turnover cleaning, which is wear and not deductible. Heavy grease, pet odor, mold caused by tenant neglect, or a hoarding-level cleanout is damage, and the documented cost of that cleaning is chargeable. The test is whether the cleaning restores the unit to its start-of-tenancy condition or merely performs a routine turnover.

Fixtures and appliances

Loosening, minor wear, and the ordinary aging of fixtures and appliances are wear. A cracked sink, a broken cabinet door, a missing appliance, or a fixture damaged by misuse is damage. As with flooring, prorate replacement against the item’s age; a ten-year-old dishwasher at the end of its life is not a full-price deduction.

The most-litigated Pennsylvania deposit disputes share a short list of avoidable errors:

• Missing the 30-day deadline and triggering the § 250.512(b) forfeiture, which can wipe out every otherwise-valid deduction.
• Sending a vague list with a single “cleaning” or “repairs” line and no specific description or supporting receipt, which routinely fails once challenged.
• Assuming Pennsylvania has a receipts-dollar threshold like California’s and leaving small deductions undocumented, when the statute sets no threshold and courts read deductions strictly against the landlord.
• Charging the tenant for ordinary wear and tear, such as repainting on a normal turnover or replacing carpet worn only in the walking paths.
• Delivering the list but holding the balance pending the tenant’s agreement, which is an independent retention under § 250.512.
• Collecting a deposit above the § 250.511a caps, or failing to return the excess above one month’s rent at the start of the second year.
• Ignoring the interest owed under § 250.511b on a deposit over one hundred dollars held for more than two years.
• Failing to keep the move-in condition record and dated photographs that prove which end-of-tenancy conditions are damage rather than wear.

The figures used throughout this page trace to the Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951, 68 P.S. §§ 250.511a, 250.511b, and 250.512. Because unconsolidated statutes are occasionally amended, always confirm the current text and figures against the primary source before relying on them:

Pennsylvania landlords frequently blur two payments that the law treats differently, and the confusion shows up in a defective itemization. A security deposit is money held to secure the tenant’s performance and to cover damage or unpaid rent, and it is governed by the return, itemization, cap, and interest rules of §§ 250.511a, 250.511b, and 250.512. Prepaid last month’s rent is rent the tenant has already paid for a specific future month; it is applied to that month’s rent, not held against damage, and it is not itemized or refunded the way a deposit is.

The two together still count against the deposit cap. If a landlord collects one month’s rent as a security deposit and another month labeled as last month’s rent, the total the landlord holds is measured against the two-months-first-year and one-month-after limits of § 250.511a. When the tenancy ends, the itemized statement accounts only for the security deposit; the prepaid last month’s rent should already have been applied to the final month and should not reappear as a line on the deposit accounting. Keeping the two straight on the front end prevents an over-collection claim and a muddled accounting on the back end, which is why the builder above asks for the security-deposit amount specifically.

Understanding where a deposit dispute lands, and how it is decided, is the clearest motivation for careful documentation. In Pennsylvania, most of these disputes are filed in magisterial district court, the state’s small-claims-level forum, where the process is informal and a tenant does not need a lawyer.

Filing and the burden of proof

The tenant files a civil complaint naming the landlord and states the deposit amount, the deductions in dispute, and the remedy sought, which often includes the double-damages claim under § 250.512(c). Because § 250.512 places the burden of proving the damages on the landlord, the practical effect at the hearing is that the landlord must justify every dollar withheld with specific descriptions and supporting documents. A tenant who shows up with the lease, the move-in record, and photographs, facing a landlord who brings a one-line “cleaning and repairs” note, usually prevails.

The hearing and the documentation packet

At the hearing the district judge reviews the itemized list, the receipts and estimates, and the photographs, and weighs the landlord’s evidence against the tenant’s. This is where the discipline of the itemization pays off or fails. A landlord whose list is specific, whose receipts match the line items, and whose photographs show the damage against the move-in baseline can defend the deductions. A landlord who missed the thirty-day deadline faces the § 250.512(b) forfeiture regardless of how strong the underlying deductions were, and a landlord who withheld without justification faces the doubling under § 250.512(c).

Judgment, appeal, and collection

If the tenant wins, the judgment can include the wrongfully withheld amount, the statutory doubling where it applies, and court costs. Either party may appeal to the Court of Common Pleas for a new hearing within the appeal period, but most deposit disputes end at the magisterial level. For a landlord, the lesson is that the cheapest outcome by far is a clean, on-time, well-documented itemization that never becomes a case in the first place.

The itemization that holds up is the one built on a paper trail that began before the tenant ever moved out. The strongest deduction packages follow a consistent discipline that turns a contested move-out into a routine one.

• Photograph everything, dated. Take dated move-in and move-out photographs of every room, and store them with the lease. A picture of the damaged item next to the move-in baseline is worth more than any adjective in the description column.
• Describe with specificity. Write “patched and repainted two four-inch holes in the living-room wall, one hundred forty-five dollars, receipt attached,” not “wall repair.” Specificity is the difference between a defensible deduction and an unsupported one.
• Attach a receipt or estimate for every line. Because Pennsylvania sets no dollar threshold, treat every deduction as if it needs documentation, and it usually does when the tenant contests it.
• Calendar the deadline. The day the tenant surrenders possession, write day thirty on the calendar and aim to deliver by day twenty-five to leave mailing margin.
• Send the list and balance together. One envelope, certified mail, return receipt requested, to the written forwarding address.
• Keep the file for four years. Retain the list, receipts, estimates, photographs, condition records, and proof of delivery well past the tenancy so a late-surfacing dispute finds a complete file.

The cleanest move-outs come from tenants who were screened carefully at the application stage. A verifiable income, a steady rent-payment history, and a clean eviction record are the strongest predictors of a unit returned in good condition, which means a short itemized list, a full refund, and no forfeiture or double-damages exposure. Screening is the upstream control that keeps the deposit accounting simple. Our overview of how to screen tenants step by step walks through the process, and the broader tenant screening laws by state guide covers the rules that apply when you pull a report in Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Security Deposit Itemization: FAQ

What is a Pennsylvania security deposit itemization form?

It is the written itemized list of damages a Pennsylvania landlord must deliver to a departing tenant, together with the remaining balance of the deposit. Under 68 P.S. § 250.512 of the Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951, the landlord must provide the written itemized list and return the balance within thirty days after the tenancy ends and the tenant surrenders possession. The list states how the deposit was applied to unpaid rent and the cost of repairing damage, and shows the balance returned.

How many days does a Pennsylvania landlord have to return the security deposit?

Thirty days. 68 P.S. § 250.512(a) requires the landlord to provide the written itemized list of damages and return any balance within thirty days after the termination of the lease or the surrender and acceptance of the premises, whichever first occurs. The clock runs from the end of the tenancy, and the tenant should give a forwarding address in writing so the list and refund can be delivered.

What happens if a Pennsylvania landlord does not send the itemized list within 30 days?

Under 68 P.S. § 250.512(b), a landlord who fails to provide the written itemized list within thirty days forfeits all rights to withhold any portion of the deposit and the right to bring a claim against the tenant for damages to the premises. Missing the thirty-day deadline can wipe out every deduction the landlord might otherwise have been entitled to make, and the full deposit becomes returnable.

Is there a receipts-dollar threshold in Pennsylvania like California’s?

No. Unlike California, which sets a one-hundred-twenty-five-dollar documentation threshold, the Pennsylvania statute sets no dollar figure that triggers a receipts requirement. 68 P.S. § 250.512 requires the itemized written list of damages regardless of amount. The defensible practice is to describe every deduction specifically and keep the receipts, invoices, estimates, and dated photographs for all of them, because Pennsylvania courts construe deposit deductions strictly against the landlord.

What can a Pennsylvania landlord deduct from a security deposit?

68 P.S. § 250.512 allows the deposit to be applied to unpaid rent and to the cost of repairing damage to the premises beyond ordinary wear and tear, along with other charges the lease makes recoverable such as unpaid utilities the tenant agreed to pay. It does not allow charges for normal wear and tear, and it does not allow a landlord to keep the deposit as a fee or penalty. Each deduction must be listed with a specific description and amount.

How much can a Pennsylvania landlord charge as a security deposit?

68 P.S. § 250.511a caps the deposit at two months’ rent during the first year of the lease and at one month’s rent during the second and every following year. If a landlord collected two months’ rent up front, the excess above one month must be returned to the tenant at the start of the second year. A separate last-month’s-rent payment is treated differently from a security deposit and should not be confused with it.

Does a Pennsylvania landlord owe interest on the security deposit?

Sometimes. 68 P.S. § 250.511b requires interest on a deposit of more than one hundred dollars that is held for more than two years. The deposit must be placed in a federally or state-insured institution, interest begins to accrue at the start of the twenty-fifth month of the tenancy, and the landlord may retain one percent per year of the deposit as an administrative fee. Interest that has accrued is paid to the tenant on the anniversary of the tenancy and at the end of the tenancy.

What are the double-damages penalty under 68 P.S. 250.512(c)?

68 P.S. § 250.512(c) provides that a landlord who fails to return the balance of the deposit together with the itemized list within thirty days is liable to the tenant in a sum equal to double the amount by which the deposit exceeds the actual damages to the premises. The burden is on the landlord to prove the damages that justify any withholding. A tenant who did not give a forwarding address in writing, however, is not entitled to the double-damages recovery.

What if the tenant did not provide a forwarding address?

The landlord still owes the accounting, but the tenant’s recovery narrows. 68 P.S. § 250.512 makes the tenant’s written forwarding address the trigger for the double-damages remedy, so a tenant who never gave an address in writing cannot collect the doubled amount. The landlord should still prepare the itemized list within thirty days and send the list and any balance to the tenant’s last known address, which is often the rental unit, by certified mail with return receipt requested.

Related Pennsylvania Deposit and Rental Guides

• Pennsylvania security deposit return letter – the cover letter that accompanies a full or near-full refund.
• Pennsylvania security deposit laws – the full framework behind this itemization.
• Pennsylvania move-in and move-out checklist – the baseline that justifies each deduction.
• General deposit itemization form – the all-states version of this document.
• How to screen tenants – the step-by-step screening process.
• Tenant screening laws by state – screen the tenant before they move in.

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Legal Disclaimer

This form and guide are for general informational purposes only and are not legal advice. Pennsylvania security deposit law is detailed and occasionally amended, and a late or missing itemized list can forfeit deductions and expose a landlord to double damages under 68 P.S. § 250.512(c). Review the current Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951, 68 P.S. § 250.512 and consult a licensed Pennsylvania landlord-tenant attorney before withholding any part of a deposit. Reading this page does not create an attorney-client relationship.