The window to dispute CAM charges is defined by your lease audit rights clause and typically runs 12 to 36 months from the date the reconciliation statement was delivered. Once that window closes, you generally forfeit the right to dispute even if errors are present. CAMAudit extracts your dispute window from your lease and flags any reconciliation years where the deadline is approaching.
TL;DR
Every day without an audit is a day your dispute window narrows; the urgency is real because errors that are recoverable today may be unrecoverable in 12 months.
Who this is for
Tenants who want to understand the time limits on their right to dispute before running an audit, particularly those with multiple years of reconciliations they have not yet reviewed.
Who this is not for
Tenants whose dispute window has already expired for all relevant reconciliation years; there is typically nothing to recover after the window closes unless the error was fraudulent.
Gross Lease Charges
All 14 rules apply; urgency depends on window.
Pro-Rata Share Error
Time-sensitive; affects all prior-year reconciliations within window.
CAM Cap Violation
Each year is evaluated independently for cap compliance.
Common Area Misclassification
Misclassifications in expired years are unrecoverable.
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Next Best Step
Scenario pages should bridge from diagnosis into the dispute path and audit proof.
Use the audit process if you still need to validate the billing error.
Use the dispute playbook if the issue is already active.
Run the free audit once you are ready to quantify the overcharge.
Ready to skip the reading and document the overcharge directly?
Find My OverchargesNeed to extract lease terms before your audit?
A CAM audit is only as accurate as your lease data. lextract.io extracts 126 structured fields from any commercial lease PDF: CAM definitions, pro-rata share, caps, base year, and audit rights. So you have the exact terms your landlord is supposed to follow.
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