Demand letter + certified mail
A demand letter citing your state's deposit statute — printed, and mailed certified.
Pick your state and you see three things before you pay: the deadline your landlord was under, the penalty the statute allows, and the citation the letter will carry. The $39 bundle covers both halves — the letter itself, and the certified mailing, with a tracking number sent to you.
Demand Letter + Certified Mail
$39
Pick a state and this panel fills in with that state's return deadline, the penalty its statute allows, and the citation your letter will carry.
One-time $19 or $39. No subscription. No auto-renewal.
If your letter doesn't cite your state's correct security-deposit statute and deadline, we refund you in full.
DepositHawk provides legal information, not legal advice. We are not a law firm and we do not represent you.
Stripe handles the card — we never see it. No account needed: the link to your letter page goes to the email you enter at checkout.
The letter cites your state's actual security-deposit statute — not an AI guess.
What arrives
One thing lands in your inbox. One lands in their mailbox.
- State-specific demand letter citing your deposit statute
- Itemized challenge to each deduction
- Printed and sent USPS Certified Mail — you skip the post office
- Tracking number emailed within 1 business day of you finalizing
- PDF download for your own records
Certified Mail is a USPS service that records mailing and delivery. It is the same receipt a small claims filing would ask you for.
How the mailing works
You finish the letter. Then it goes out.
You buy, then build the letter
Checkout drops you straight onto your letter page. Fill in the landlord's name and mailing address, each deduction they claimed, and anything else you want on the record.
You click finalize & mail when it reads right
Nothing is printed before you do. Reword a paragraph, fix a number, close the tab and come back — the letter stays yours until you release it.
We print it and send it USPS Certified Mail
It goes out on paper with a Certified Mail receipt, and the tracking number reaches your inbox within 1 business day of you finalizing.
The two options
Same letter. The difference is who mails it.
Both options build the same document from the same statute table. The $39 bundle adds the printing, the certified envelope, and the tracking number. Pick the letter on its own if you would rather stand in line yourself.
Questions people ask first
Before you buy
Is this legal advice?
No. DepositHawk provides legal information and a document you send yourself. We are not a law firm, we do not represent you, and nothing here creates an attorney-client relationship. For advice about your specific situation, talk to a licensed attorney in your state.
What if my landlord already sent an itemized list?
Then you have their written record of every charge. The letter answers it line by line: each deduction they claimed, what your state's statute treats as a lawful deduction, and which charges sit outside that. Paste the list into the letter builder and each item gets its own paragraph.
Why does certified mail matter?
Certified Mail creates a delivery record. USPS keeps proof of mailing and proof of delivery or attempted delivery, and you get a tracking number for both. If the dispute later goes to small claims, that record documents the date your demand went out and the address it reached.
What if I'd rather mail it myself?
Take the letter-only option at $19. Same statute-cited letter, same deduction-by-deduction challenge, delivered as a PDF. You handle the envelope and the trip to the post office.
When exactly does it go in the mail?
After you finalize it, not at checkout. You build and read the letter on your letter page first. Nothing is printed until you click finalize & mail. From there the tracking number reaches your inbox within 1 business day.
Do I need an account?
No. Stripe handles the card at checkout and the link to your letter page goes to the email address you enter there. No password to set, nothing to cancel.
Is this a scam?
No. Here is what that means concretely: One-time $19 or $39. No subscription. No auto-renewal. There is no account to create and nothing to cancel. Stripe processes the card and we never see it. If your letter doesn't cite your state's correct security-deposit statute and deadline, we refund you in full.
My landlord isn't responding to calls or texts — now what?
Certified mail is built for exactly this moment. The letter goes out on paper with a USPS delivery record, so the date it went out and the address it reached are both documented, and the tracking number is the proof of mailing a small claims filing would ask you for. Your state's return deadline and the penalty its statute allows are named in the letter itself.
Demand Letter + Certified Mail
The letter cites the statute by number.
Pick your state at the top of this page to see the deadline, the penalty your statute allows, and the exact citation the letter will carry. $39, mailed certified.