§ 6244. Security deposits
(a) A security deposit is any advance, deposit, or prepaid rent that is refundable to
a leaseholder at the termination or expiration of the occupancy. A security deposit
is to secure the leaseholder’s obligation to pay rent and to maintain a rented mobile
home or mobile home lot.
(b) The mobile home park owner may retain all or a portion of the security deposit for
any of the following reasons:
(1) nonpayment of rent;
(2) damage to property of the park owner, unless the damage is the result of normal wear
and tear or the result of actions or events beyond the control of the leaseholder;
(3) nonpayment of utility or other charges that the leaseholder was required to pay directly
to the park owner or to a utility; or
(4) expenses for removal of articles abandoned by the leaseholder, including personal
property, the mobile home, rubbish, and motor vehicles from the mobile home lot.
(c) A park owner shall return to the leaseholder the security deposit with a written statement
itemizing any deductions within 14 days from the date on which the leaseholder:
(1) removes a mobile home from the park and terminates the lease for the lot on which
the mobile home was located; or
(2) delivers to the park owner an executed bill of sale transferring ownership of a mobile
home that is to remain in the park to an individual who has entered into a lease for
the lot with the park owner; or
(3) has been removed from the park pursuant to a writ of possession.
(d) The park owner shall comply with this section by hand-delivering or mailing the statement
and any payment required to the last known address of the leaseholder.