Gary Zhang
New Member
- Jurisdiction
- California
Currently I am in CA and subleasing a room in a house from a tenant who rents it. When I moved in, I only filled out a form called rental application which showed my lease term for 6 months, and how much I paid in first months rent and the security deposit. It also has my personal and rental history information. I just wrote my name and dated. He has the original copy and I scanned a copy of it. But there was no actual lease agreement that was signed by both me and him. He only gave me back a signed receipt indicating how much I paid for rent and the deposit.
I am going to be moving out once my lease ends late next month. My concern is what I can do if he does not want to give me back all or some of the security deposit after I move out, assuming there is no damages, etc. The reason I ask is because there was no actual lease agreement. Would I still be eligible to sue and win if he doesn't give it back?
I am going to be moving out once my lease ends late next month. My concern is what I can do if he does not want to give me back all or some of the security deposit after I move out, assuming there is no damages, etc. The reason I ask is because there was no actual lease agreement. Would I still be eligible to sue and win if he doesn't give it back?