About
Who runs LandlordLate
LandlordLate is a free deadline checker run by MaxPro LLC in New York. It counts the days your state’s security deposit statute gives your landlord, and shows its working.
Matt Johan
Built by Matt Johan, MaxPro LLC, New York
Matt Johan has spent twenty years in corporate finance and capital markets. He was a partner at RS Platou, and head of Arctic Securities’ New York office, then of its corporate finance business. He has led and placed more than $4bn of public and private equity and debt, and co-founded a vertical SaaS company.
He now works as a fractional CFO to founders and owner-led businesses through MaxPro LLC, the company that runs LandlordLate.
Why I built this
The deposit laws in these five states are short. Each one gives the landlord a set number of days after you move out, and says in plain words what happens if that date passes. In New York it is 14 days. Most tenants never read the statute, so the date goes by without anyone noticing, and the landlord keeps money the law may not let them keep. I have spent twenty years in finance, where a deadline in a contract is a date you write down and hold people to. A deposit deserves the same treatment. This site does the counting from your dates and puts the statute section next to every answer. It won’t tell you what your case is worth, and it isn’t a lawyer. It tells you the date, and what the law says about it.
Matt Johan
What this site is, and what it isn’t
LandlordLate is not a law firm and does not give legal advice. This site shows general information about state law. It is not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Nobody here reviews your situation, and using the site does not create an attorney-client relationship. The checker states each rule and the dates it produces from yours. It never tells you that you are owed anything: whether a rule applies to you depends on your lease and on what the landlord sent, which a court decides.
How the rules are kept
Each state’s rules live in one data file, with the statute’s words quoted and cited. Every rule is read against the statute text, and the date of that read is shown on every result. When a rule changes, it is written down on What we changed.
- California: Cal. Civ. Code § 1950.5, checked November 4, 2026
- Florida: Fla. Stat. § 83.49, checked November 4, 2026
- Illinois: 765 ILCS 710/1 (Security Deposit Return Act), checked November 4, 2026
- New York: N.Y. Gen. Oblig. Law § 7-108(1-a), checked November 4, 2026
- Texas: Tex. Prop. Code §§ 92.101–.109, checked November 4, 2026
Money
The checker is free and carries no ads. The planned $49 managed case is flat, never a share of what you recover, and isn’t open yet. MaxPro LLC pays for the site.