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Yeah they have 10 days to give you either the deposit, a partial deposit with reasons for withholding, or notice that a portion of the deposit is being withheld to cover repairs. So in your case he should have given you a letter saying your entire security deposit was being withheld.

I don't think that failure to give the report would actually absolve you of any amounts withheld (assuming that they are actually legitimate).

And I don't think that the landlord is actually required to effect the repairs that they deduct for. I have one house where the tenants painted the kids room all kid-like (purples and greens and crap) so I called a couple of places to get estimates to repaint and withheld the average, but the new tenants are ok with the rooms so I won't actually get them repainted until the current tenant leaves.

I don't recall ever seeing a requirement for the landlord to make the repairs they deduct off a security deposit within a specific timeframe in any reading of the Landlord Tenant Act, but I could be mistaken.