Move-Out Photo Checklist
Protect your deposit with dated photos
- Take a date-stamped photo or video of every room, wall, floor and fixture when you move in and when you move out
- Inside the oven, the fridge, cabinets and closets
- Bathroom: tub, toilet, sink and grout
- Windows, blinds and screens
- Any damage that was already there (match it to your move-in list)
- Keys returned: date ____ to whom ____
- Forwarding address given in writing: date ____
- Deadlines for returning deposits and itemizing deductions vary by state. Look up your state's rule.
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