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Below please find a link to Pennsylvania Tenant Rights:

 

http://tenant.net/Other_Areas/Penn/harris/pa-toc.html

 

Within the Tenant Rights Handbook is a section that specifically speaks to security deposits:

 

http://tenant.net/Other_Areas/Penn/harris/pa-part4.html

 

If you had a written lease, the date that the rent was do should have been spelled out. Further, if there was a grace period allowed after the date the rent was due, it should also be spelled out.

 

If you have receipts of your rent payments, if any payment was late, a late fee should have been added.

 

You can ask to see her books with respect to your rent.

 

If your landlord can prove any late rent, you can agree to allow her to deduct the late fees from the security deposit. But....if not, you can seek all legal remedies available to you pursuant to the Landlord Tenant Act as described above.

 

For your information, a link to the Pennsylvania Landlord/Tenant Act of 1951 is provided below:

 

http://www.parealtor.org/content/upload/AssetMgmt/Legal%20Services/Laws%20&%20Regulations/Landlord-Tenant%20Act.pdf

 

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Good luck to you!

Expert:	xavierjd
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