Reply #10: Even with those, it can be a pain.

[mainegreen]

In Maine they must use those, but I lived in a building that was sold to a new owner. By law the new owner becomes responsible for the security deposit, and must take steps to acquire the deposit from the previous owner. The new owner was an out of state corporation that owned rentals all over the country. Of course, they were jacking up the rent, so I gave my 30 days.
They tried to pull the whole you've got to go to the previous owner to get your security deposit back. I ended up having to threaten to sue them in smalls claims court, which at least in Maine due to renters rights I had a 100% chance of winning double my security deposit back + court fees. Once I explained what I was about to do to them *poof* like magic they found that they had received my deposit after all from the previous owners.

I can't imagine what a pain that would have been in a state with weaker renters rights laws.