[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":62},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-topic-what-happens-if-your-landlord-misses-the-10day-prescribed-information-deadline":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"cta":41,"date":42,"description":5,"extension":43,"meta":44,"navigation":46,"path":47,"related":41,"seo":48,"seo_title":5,"stem":49,"tags":50,"__hash__":61},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Ftopic-what-happens-if-your-landlord-misses-the-10day-prescribed-information-deadline.md","Topic: What happens if your landlord misses the 10-day prescribed information deadline","doug-k",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":37},"minimark",[10,19,22,25,28,31,34],[11,12,13,14,18],"p",{},"Quick note before we get into this: the 10-day deadline you may have seen mentioned in some older guides is no longer the one that applies. The current legal requirement gives your landlord ",[15,16,17],"strong",{},"30 days"," from receiving your deposit to protect it and hand over the prescribed information. Worth knowing, because the deadline matters a great deal.",[11,20,21],{},"So — what happens if they miss it?",[11,23,24],{},"Missing the 30-day window can have serious consequences for a landlord. Courts can order them to pay you compensation of between one and three times the deposit amount. On top of that, any Section 21 notice they serve — the standard route for ending a tenancy without giving a reason — can be rendered invalid if the prescribed information was never properly provided.",[11,26,27],{},"This applies even if the deposit itself was protected. The two obligations are separate. Protection alone isn't enough.",[11,29,30],{},"If you're unsure whether your landlord met the deadline, check when you paid the deposit and when you received the paperwork confirming protection. If that gap was more than 30 days, it's worth looking into further.",[11,32,33],{},"Anyhoo — the consequences for landlords who miss this are real.",[11,35,36],{},"Cheers,\nDoug",{"title":38,"searchDepth":39,"depth":39,"links":40},"",2,[],null,"2026-04-28","md",{"section":45},"deposit-disputes",true,"\u002Fblog\u002Ftopic-what-happens-if-your-landlord-misses-the-10day-prescribed-information-deadline",{"title":5,"description":5},"blog\u002Ftopic-what-happens-if-your-landlord-misses-the-10day-prescribed-information-deadline",[51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60],"topic","what","happens","your","landlord","misses","10day","prescribed","information","deadline","sqqOlL8_RnlAS3327etKsbQIZug0cleQOpq3ZVYPt-I",1777404490393]