Florida short term rental laws?

[elton]

I stayed in a Florida short term vacation rental. I paid a $350.00 deposit, and stayed for 6 weeks. I checked out on Mach 8th. They never deposited the check. I called them and asked them what was going on with the check, and do I have any deductions. They said I will incur a $45.00 deduction, but everything else looked fine. They said they haven't had time to deposit the check (since January 25th??) and that they would do it right away, and that they were sorry. That was two weeks ago. They haven't deposited the check yet, and it is throwing my balance off. I just want to get it over with. Are there Florida State Laws that regulate how a deposit is supposed to be handled on SHORT TERM VACATION RENTAL HOMES? I know they haven't actually stolen my money, but I can't balance my check book, and use the money until they deposit it and send me a refund check.

[garbhach65]

With vacation rentals they often do not deposit the deposit check. They hold on to it until you move out, then only cash it if they need to.

I'm not 100% sure on vacation rentals, but on a standard rental they have 30 days to get any balance back to you.