Residential Tenancies Act 1999
31Receipt to be provided for security deposit
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31 Receipt to be provided for security deposit (1) If a person has paid an amount by cash, cheque or credit card as a security deposit to the landlord, the landlord must immediately give a receipt in accordance with subsection (3) to the person who paid it or the tenant on whose behalf the payment was received. (2) If a person has paid an amount as security otherwise than by cash, cheque or credit card to the landlord, the landlord must within 2 business days after receiving the amount give a receipt in accordance with subsection (3) to the person who paid it or the tenant on whose behalf the payment was received. (3) A receipt for the purposes of subsection (1) or (2) is to be signed by the person who received the security deposit to which it relates and is to specify: (a) the date the amount was received; and (b) the name of the tenant on whose behalf the payment was received; and (c) the amount paid; and (d) the address of the premises to which the payment relates.