Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Virginia
Return of commercial rental deposit
As part of starting a new business, we gave a check to the potential landlord to ''start the rental process''. no contracts were signed. Within 36 hours of giving the check, we became uncomfortable with the whole situation and informed the landlord that we did not want to continue. Now the landlord is attempting to withhold 20% of the deposit rather than return the whole thing. Since there was never a contract signed, is this allowed?
Asked on 12/01/08, 11:31 am
1 Answer from Attorneys
Cary Moseley
Law Office of Cary Powell Moseley, PLLC
Re: Return of commercial rental deposit
Lease should have been signed at time check was given. That is a bit unusual. If you can not work something out with landlord, you may need to file suit to get your money back.
Answered on 12/01/08, 11:34 am
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