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- Security deposit return: Deadlines for returning a tenant's security deposit, or sending an itemized list of deductions, after a tenancy ends.
- Deposit receipts and bank notices: Receipts, written bank-account notices and escrow rules that start when you take a security deposit.
- Security deposit interest: Where the law requires interest on security deposits or prepaid rent, and when it must be paid or credited.
- Rental registration and licensing: State, county and city programs that require owners to register or license rental units, often every year.
- Rental inspections and certificates: Periodic inspections and renewable certificates of occupancy or rental compliance from a local housing agency.
- Smoke and CO alarms: Requirements to install, maintain or certify smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, including at tenant turnover.
- Lead paint disclosure and certifications: Federal lead disclosure for pre-1978 housing, plus state and city lead registrations, inspections and certificates.
- Required tenant notices: Notices and documents you must give tenants at lease signing or on a yearly schedule.
- Rent increase notice: How much advance written notice is required before a rent increase takes effect, and local rent caps.
- Non-renewal and termination notice: Notice periods for ending or not renewing a lease or periodic tenancy, and notices required before eviction steps.
- Notice before entry: Advance notice a landlord must give before entering an occupied unit for inspections or repairs.
- Income tax filing: Reporting rental income and expenses on your federal income tax return.
- Estimated tax payments: Quarterly federal estimated tax payment due dates for income, such as net rent, that has no withholding.
- Information returns (1099s): Forms such as 1099-NEC that report payments to contractors, with IRS filing and recipient deadlines.