Your landlord kept the deposit, and the demand letter you sent was ignored. Court is next — and a filing is only as strong as the file behind it. The Security Deposit Small-Claims Filing Pack from DealShore was built for exactly that moment: it assembles, in order, the file a small-claims filing is built from, so you walk in with a case that is sourced, numbered, and ready instead of a shoebox of loose papers and memory.
What the pack is, in plain terms, is a 10-page printable PDF system plus a filing tracker spreadsheet. You complete it only from your own lease, your own records, and the proof you actually hold. It does not tell you what the law is, what a court charges, or when a deadline falls — the exact form, fee, and deadline come from your court. Its job is organization: every fact copied from a document, every exhibit numbered, and claimed money kept separate from documented money from the first page to the last.
It was created because deposit cases are usually lost on paperwork, not on the story. A tenant knows the deposit was kept unfairly, but the demand letter has no proof of sending. Photos exist somewhere on a phone, unnumbered and undated. The amount claimed is a round number nobody can trace to a receipt. Months later, standing in front of a judge, the file cannot answer simple questions. This pack prevents that by giving each piece a dated, numbered place before you file.
Inside, the START HERE page explains where your files live in your account and which file is for what. The Moment This Solves states it in one line: from ignored letter to organized filing. The Case Snapshot copies the deposit and tenancy facts from your documents — who rented, where, how much was paid, and when — so the case starts from the real tenancy, not from memory.
The Demand History logs every sending, with its proof: what you sent, when, how, and what shows it went out. The Evidence Index then numbers only the proof you actually hold — and it names missing items plainly instead of hiding them, so you know exactly what your file can and cannot show. The Money Math Worksheet keeps claimed and documented amounts in separate columns, so every dollar you ask for traces to a document. The Filing Prep Checklist assembles the papers in order, the Service and Delivery Log records method and proof exactly as it happened, and the Hearing Day Pack is a bring list in exhibit order, with a place to record the outcome.
Who is it for? Tenants whose deposit was kept and whose demand went unanswered, and who are preparing a small-claims filing. Anyone who has the story straight but the papers scattered. And anyone who wants to see, before filing, whether their evidence actually supports the amount they plan to claim — the index and the money worksheet answer that honestly, on paper.
How to use it: start with the snapshot, copying the tenancy facts from your lease. Log the demand history next, with proof for every sending. Build the evidence index from the proof in your hands, naming anything missing. Run the money math and keep the two columns separate. Then work the filing prep checklist in order. The included spreadsheet keeps a filing tracker — the demo rows show 3 steps logged and 1 marked filed; replace them with yours — plus an evidence index and a money ledger, with the demo total of $1,615 listed by formula.
This pack is a general documentation and filing-organization tool you complete from your own documents. It is not legal advice, consult an attorney about your situation. It states no deposit law, filing deadline, court fee, or form requirement as applying.
From ignored letter to organized filing — put the whole case in one numbered file:
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