50 states & DC
Security deposit law, state by state
How long your landlord has to return the deposit, what they can deduct, and what a missed deadline is worth, read from each state's own statute.
- Alabama60d
- Alaska30d
- Arizona14d
- Arkansas60d
- California21d
- Colorado30d
- Connecticut21d
- Delaware20d
- District of Columbia45d
- Florida15d
- Georgia30d
- Hawaii14d
- Idaho21d
- Illinois45d
- Indiana45d
- Iowa30d
- Kansas30d
- Kentuckynone
- Louisiana30d
- Maine30d
- Maryland45d
- Massachusetts30d
- Michigan30d
- Minnesota21d
- Mississippi45d
- Missouri30d
- Montana30d
- Nebraska14d
- Nevada30d
- New Hampshire30d
- New Jersey30d
- New Mexico30d
- New York14d
- North Carolina30d
- North Dakota30d
- Ohio30d
- Oklahoma45d
- Oregon31d
- Pennsylvania30d
- Rhode Island20d
- South Carolina30d
- South Dakota21d
- Tennesseenone
- Texas30d
- Utah30d
- Vermont14d
- Virginia45d
- Washington30d
- West Virginia60d
- Wisconsin21d
- Wyoming30d
The number beside each state is the statutory return deadline in days; “none” means the state sets no fixed number of days. General information, not legal advice.