What this site is, and why you can trust it

TenantRecourse does one thing: when a landlord keeps money the law says is yours — a security deposit, an illegal late fee — we turn your situation into a formal demand letter that cites the exact statute they broke, and, if you want, send it by USPS Certified Mail with the delivery record that holds up in court. The letter is free. You pay ($29) only if you want it printed, mailed, and tracked for you.

Every citation is verified against the legislature's own text

Most landlord-tenant websites repeat each other, and they repeat each other's mistakes — we found statutory caps attributed to the wrong states, self-storage laws quoted as housing law, and pending bills described as enacted. So we set one rule: no statute goes on this site, or into your letter, unless it has been checked against the state legislature's published text. The verification date is printed at the bottom of every law page. Where a state simply has no statute, we say that plainly instead of inventing a percentage.

We won't sell you a letter that has no legal footing

If the facts you enter don't actually cross a statutory line — your late fee is within your state's cap, say — the generator tells you so and stops, rather than producing an empty threat. A demand letter only works because it's right. We'd rather lose a sale than send your landlord a letter they can laugh at.

Our guarantee

If your landlord doesn't respond within 30 days of delivery, reply to your confirmation email and we'll write and send a second, sterner notice at no charge. If your letter can't be delivered at all, you get an automatic full refund.

What we are not

We are not a law firm, we don't give legal advice, and no attorney-client relationship is created by using this site. We prepare documents based on the information you provide and mail them for you. If your situation is complicated, talk to a lawyer or your local tenants' union — and take our letter with you; it'll save you a billable hour.

Questions? Email hello@tenantrecourse.com — a person reads everything.