Residential security deposits are governed by complex laws in Massachusetts but it is generally assumed that it is easier for commercial landlords to stay out of trouble in regard to a security deposit held for a non-residential tenant. However in a recent case, the tenant, after waiting 7 months for the return of the security deposit, sued the landlord for return of the security deposit, since the landlord had refused to return $14,000 of it based on tenant damage to the property on move-out. The security deposit was about $16,000. The case was filed in 2014 and after a jury
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