About DepositProof

Built for the side of the deposit dispute nobody designs for.

DepositProof is a documentation tool for the small landlord and the two-person property manager — the people who care about their tenants, and still want to be paid for damage. We make the paperwork match the intent.

How we build

Four principles, in tension with each other.

Transparency disarms disputes.

Absorbed items appear in the packet under 'Noted, not charged.' Estimates get footnoted, not hidden. The tenant who sees what you didn't charge them argues less about what you did.

Restraint reads as authority.

Newsreader serifs, judicial navy, monospaced numerics. No emoji, no exclamation marks, no 'wow, you're so close to ready!' — your packet should look like an attorney printed it.

The deadline is the design.

Every screen knows what day of 21 you're on. Color shifts as the days narrow. The next thing to do is always visible.

We are not a law firm.

We're a documentation tool. Outputs are formatted to assist with California Civ. Code §1950.5 — not to replace the lawyer you'd call if the dispute escalated.

On the roadmap

What we're working on next.

We ship in the open. If a feature here is what you actually need, tell us — we'll let you know when it's ready.

Shipped
California 21-day packet · v1
The locked workflow you see today.
In progress
Escalation review queue
Standalone view for follow-up items that didn't make the packet.
Next
Sample PDF for marketing
A canonical, logged-out demo packet — different family than the Lee/Belmont scenario.
Soon
Texas & Florida state engines
Per-state deadline + cover-letter framing. Same UI, swappable legal layer.
Soon
Team accounts for PMs
Shared evidence library, role-based access — modeled from day one.
Considering
Tenant-facing acknowledgment portal
Optional. Tenant can sign the move-in baseline, raising the bar on disputes.
The team

Small team. Real units.

Everyone here has been on at least one side of a security deposit dispute. Most of us have been on both.

[Name pending]
Founder & engineering
[Name pending]
Design
[Name pending]
Customer & ops

Have a question about a specific deduction situation?

We answer every email within one business day. Even when the answer is “you should probably talk to an attorney.”

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