Deposit Protection and Prescribed Information Checklist

Step-by-step compliance for holding deposits, tenancy deposits, protection within 30 days, prescribed information and return at the end.

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Landlord & property

Deposit Protection and Prescribed Information Checklist

About this document

What it’s for

A working checklist that takes a landlord or agent through every deposit step: taking a lawful holding deposit, the deposit cap, protecting the deposit within 30 days, serving the prescribed information correctly, and handling deductions and return at the end of the tenancy. It includes a prescribed information template and a record for your file.

When to use it

  • Each time you take a holding deposit or a tenancy deposit in England
  • When a deposit is transferred to a new landlord or scheme
  • At the end of each tenancy

What’s inside

The document is laid out in the sections below. Each one comes with a plain-English guidance note explaining what it does and what to change.

  • Part 1 – Holding deposit
  • Part 2 – The deposit cap and permitted payments
  • Part 3 – Protecting the deposit (within 30 days of receipt)
  • Part 4 – Prescribed information
  • Part 5 – During the tenancy
  • Part 6 – End of tenancy and return
  • Sign-off

How to complete it

  • Tick each item as you complete it and record dates – the dates are your evidence
  • Use the scheme’s own prescribed information form if it provides one, and check it against Part 4
  • Serve the prescribed information on every tenant and on anyone else who paid the deposit (a “relevant person”)

Key points to check

Our templates are professionally structured starting points for UK businesses, not legal advice. For anything complex, unusual or high-value, have your final version checked by a solicitor.

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