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Security Deposit Demand Letter
Ask a former landlord in writing to return your security deposit or explain the deductions, with the dates and amounts set out clearly.
Rental and housing letters
Free US Legal Letter Generator
Clear letters for the moments that need a paper trail.
Create an editable draft for common rental and housing situations. Choose your letter, add the facts, and review what to check before you send it.
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A thoughtful tool for every letter
All toolsTen rental and housing letters, grouped by who sends them. Availability is shown on every card.
Tenant letters
Letters a renter sends to a landlord or property manager: deposit requests, move-out notices, early-termination requests.
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Tenant Notice to Vacate
Tell your landlord in writing when you are moving out, with your dates stated as facts and your lease clause quoted.
Available
Early Lease Termination Letter
Ask your landlord in writing to agree to end your lease early, with your proposed date, the terms you are willing to discuss, and a request for a signed agreement.
Landlord notices
Notices and reminders a landlord sends to a tenant: rent reminders, rent-increase notices, notices to vacate, nonpayment notices.
Guidance only, generator not available
Landlord Notice to Vacate
Information for landlords ending a tenancy: what a notice to vacate must get right, how it differs from an eviction, and the official sources to check. Generation is not available.
Guidance only, generator not available
Rent Increase Notice
Guidance and official sources for notifying a tenant of a rent change. Generation is disabled pending professional review of state and local rules.
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Late Rent Reminder
A courteous reminder that rent for a period has not been received in full: rent due, payments and credits received, the balance, how to pay and a date to reply by.
Guidance only, generator not available
Pay-or-Quit / Nonpayment Notice
Information for landlords dealing with unpaid rent: what a pay-or-quit notice must get right, how it differs from an eviction, a rent ledger check, and the official sources to read. Generation is not available.
Lease and pet documents
Documents both parties sign, such as a pet addendum to an existing lease.
Available with limits
Pet Addendum
Add one named pet to an existing lease with agreed responsibilities and signature lines for the landlord and every tenant.
Rental references
Reference letters written by a former landlord, property manager or other reference author.
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Rental Reference Letter
For landlords and managers: write a reference for a former or current tenant that states only the tenancy facts you can verify.
Accommodation requests
Tenant-authored requests for a housing accommodation, such as an assistance animal.
Guidance only, generator not available
Assistance-Animal Accommodation Request
A written request, in your own name, asking your housing provider to allow an assistance animal or to set aside a pet rule or fee for it. Paused while current guidance is reviewed.
LetterForgeUSA provides document drafting tools and general information, not legal advice. Rules depend on your location and circumstances.
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How it works
Three steps, in the open, with nothing to install.
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Choose the letter
Pick your situation, or start from the tool list. Each tool says up front what it covers and what it does not.
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Add the facts
Answer plain questions about names, addresses, dates and amounts. Fields show examples, and optional ones are marked.
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Review and export
Read the draft, check the notes about what still needs confirming, then download or copy the letter and keep a copy.
Made for real life
Situations these letters are written for
Example situations, not case studies. Each one maps to a tool and to the facts that tool will ask for.
- DepositDeposit demand letter
The deposit has not come back
You moved out three weeks ago, left a forwarding address and have heard nothing. A dated letter asks for the deposit or an itemized statement and records what you already provided.
- NoticeTenant notice to vacate
Your lease ends next month and you are leaving
Your lease asks for written notice. A short notice states your last day, where to send the deposit and how you will hand over the keys.
- RentLate rent reminder
A tenant has not paid this month
Rent was due on the first and it is now the tenth. A plain reminder states the amount due, the due date and how to pay, without fees or threats you have not verified.
- Moving OutEarly lease termination request
You need to move before the lease ends
A job in another city starts in six weeks. A request letter proposes a move-out date and asks the landlord to agree to an early termination and confirm any conditions in writing.
- ReferenceRental reference letter
A former tenant asked you for a reference
You managed the building for two years. A reference letter confirms the dates and facts you can verify, and leaves out anything you cannot.
- PetPet addendum
You and your landlord agreed to a cat
The lease says no pets, but your landlord said yes to one cat. A pet addendum records the agreed terms for both of you to sign, so the lease and the reality match.
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Limitations and current coverage
Sources and coverageWhat the site does and does not do today.
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LetterForgeUSA organizes the facts you enter into an editable draft.
It does not file, serve or send anything, does not check your lease, and does not decide whether a notice period or deadline has been met. A statutory statement appears in a letter only when a rule for that state has been checked against an official source, and high-risk notices need a documented professional review before their generators are switched on.
Learn more about coverageStatus words on this site mean exactly this:
- Available means the generator works for every supported input.
- Available with limits means it works but named sections or states are withheld.
- Guidance only, generator not available means the page explains what to check and links to official resources, with no download.
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Security Deposit Demand Letter
Available. Includes an optional, source-checked note about state deposit deadlines for California and Texas. Other states get a factual request letter with no statements about state law.
View details : Security Deposit Demand Letter - Available
Tenant Notice to Vacate
Available for every state as a factual notice. Source-checked notes on the notice period for a month-to-month tenancy are shown for California and Texas (editorial check of official pages, not legal review). The letter never claims that your chosen date satisfies your lease or state law; the notes tell you what to check.
View details : Tenant Notice to Vacate - Available
Late Rent Reminder
Available for every state. This letter is a factual reminder built only from the figures you enter. It applies no state rules and is not a pay-or-quit or other legal notice.
View details : Late Rent Reminder - Available
Early Lease Termination Letter
Available for every state as a request letter. It asks the landlord to agree and contains no statements about state law, lease rights, fees or the deposit. The notes point to official pages about special protections (for example active-duty military) that this letter does not rely on.
View details : Early Lease Termination Letter - Available
Rental Reference Letter
Available everywhere. This is a factual letter written by the landlord, manager or agent who knows the tenancy; it states only the facts you check and makes no legal claims. The tenant cannot write it for themselves, and the real author must review and sign it.
View details : Rental Reference Letter - Available with limits
Pet Addendum
Available with limits: this version does not include pet deposit, pet fee or pet rent clauses because limits vary by state and city and have not been reviewed. The addendum says those terms must be agreed separately in writing. Assistance animals are not covered; the tool stops and points to the accommodation request instead.
View details : Pet Addendum - Guidance only, generator not available
Landlord Notice to Vacate
Generator not available. Landlord notices to vacate depend on state and local rules that require professional review before this site can generate them. The page explains what to check and links official sources.
View details : Landlord Notice to Vacate - Guidance only, generator not available
Rent Increase Notice
The generator is turned off. Rent increase legality depends on notice periods, state and local caps, exemptions and subsidy rules that differ by address, and no professional has reviewed our rules yet. This page shows what verified official sources say for California and Texas and what to check anywhere else.
View details : Rent Increase Notice - Guidance only, generator not available
Pay-or-Quit / Nonpayment Notice
Generator not available. Pay-or-quit notices depend on state and local rules about the notice period, how days are counted, which amounts may be demanded and how the notice is served. Those rules require professional review before this site can generate one. The page explains what to check and links official sources.
View details : Pay-or-Quit / Nonpayment Notice - Guidance only, generator not available
Assistance-Animal Accommodation Request
Paused in every state. HUD withdrew its 2013 and 2020 assistance-animal guidance effective September 17, 2025, and LetterForgeUSA has not finished reviewing current federal guidance and state rules. No request is generated and no download is offered. This page explains the pause, what the tool will and will not do, and where to get help now.
View details : Assistance-Animal Accommodation Request
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How to Deliver a Rental Letter and Keep a Copy
Hand delivery, first-class mail, certified mail with return receipt, or email: how each works as proof, what to keep, and a simple records log you can copy.
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Rental Letter Privacy: What to Include and What to Leave Out
Which personal details belong in a rental letter, which never do, how this site keeps your letter in your browser, and how to share the finished letter safely.
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Rental Repair Request Letter: Sample and Checklist
Write a clear repair request to your landlord with a fictional sample, a maintenance log, photo tips, and checks before using a formal legal notice.
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Is this legal advice?
No. LetterForgeUSA provides document drafting tools and general information. The site is built and edited by a software engineer, not an attorney. Rules depend on your location and circumstances, and the notes beside each tool tell you what still needs checking. If your situation involves a disputed deadline, a possible eviction or a disability-related accommodation, qualified local help may be needed.
How does a generator work?
Each tool is a fixed template with a set of plain questions. Your answers fill the template, you can edit the result, and the review step lists what to check before sending. No artificial intelligence writes the letter and no legal statement is added unless a checked rule exists for your situation.
Where do the details I type go?
The letter details you type stay in your browser; they are not sent to LetterForgeUSA servers, stored in a database or placed in web addresses. Ordinary website hosting logs, optional analytics and advertising data are separate from the letter details. Nothing about your names, addresses or amounts is included in them.
Why are some generators unavailable?
Landlord notices to vacate, rent increase notices and pay-or-quit notices depend on jurisdiction-specific rules, and a wrong notice can cost someone their home or their case. Those generators stay off until a documented professional review of the exact rules exists. The assistance animal request stays off until current guidance and state rules are reviewed. Their pages still explain what to check and link to official resources.
What does "Checked on" mean next to a source?
It means an editor opened the official source on that date and confirmed that the cited content was there. It is an editorial check, not attorney review, and it can go out of date when a law or page changes. Every tool page lists its sources with their dates.
Do I need an account, and what does it cost?
There is no account and no charge for using the tools. The site is supported by advertising on some educational pages; the homepage, the finder and the editor itself carry no ads.
Naveed Qadir
Founder and software engineer
Naveed is a software engineer who builds web and mobile applications, and he built LetterForgeUSA to make rental letters easier to draft, organize and check. He is not an attorney, and the site offers drafting tools and general information rather than legal advice.
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