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Break Lease California

I had a tenant move out after 5 months of a 14 month lease.  The tenant moved out at the end of one month and I was able to move a new tenant in on the 20th of the next month.  The former tenant is threatening to sew for double the deposit because I did not return the deposit with in 21 days.  Do I have 21 days from when they broke the lease (moved out) or 21 days from when the new tenant moved in?  I returned the balance of the deposit on the 24th (via Zelle) and emailed the security deposit accounting and the renter sent the deposit refund back (via Zelle).

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