Chatterjee v. Iero

HOGAN, J.S.C.

The inquiry before the court is whether a residential lease provision that requires the tenant to pay a sum of money described in the subject lease at various locations as a “refundable pet deposit”, a “$1,500 pet security” and a “$1,500 pet deposit” violates the statutory proscription against a landlord requiring more than one and one-half times the monthly rental as security. The pet deposit, when added to the $2,175.00 security deposit in the subject lease, exceeds the one and one-half months’ rent limitation under the statute. In other words, are provisions in a residential…