Yes, you can do that.

But here is the catch: if they sue you in small claim, how do you convince the judge that you had the oral agreement as you described here? You don't have written contract, the utility accounts are never under the tenant's name, and he never pays you for it. If I were the judge, all evidences points to the conclusion that the utility were included in the rent. Unless there are some crucial facts that you omitted here, I would say you stand little chance in the court. Of course you can refuse to return the deposit and wait until he sues you to decide what to do.

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• 除了煤气和电表他们家和我们是分开两个表的， -NEENA- ♀ (119 bytes) () 09/02/2009 postreply 08:52:54

• I don't know. It depends on your local landland-tenant law. -CyberCat- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/02/2009 postreply 08:58:34

• 嗯。去查查看，谢谢！ -NEENA- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/02/2009 postreply 10:17:36