My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: Utah
My old house had a security deposit of $1300, $300 of which was nonrefundable. I just got an accounting of my security deposit since I moved out a month ago, and my landlord has listed:
$1300
-$300 nonrefundable (no explanation what this was used for)
-$339 cleaning fee (detailed list about what needed to be cleaned)
so I am getting $661 back. My question is, shouldn't that $300 nonrefundable part of my deposit go to the cleaning, and whatever the $300 didn't cover ($39), that amount would come out of my deposit? I'm confused on why he is trying to take out the $300 ON TOP of a $339 cleaning fee. The whole point of the 300 being nonrefundable was to have a guaranteed amount for cleaning, so why is double that coming out of my deposit?

