Alabama · AL
In Alabama, a landlord must return a security deposit within 60 calendar days.
- Return deadline
- 60 calendar days
- Itemized statement
- Required
- Move-in condition list
- Not required by statute
- Maximum deposit
- 1 month's rent
- Interest on deposit
- Not required
If the landlord withholds in bad faith
Landlord who fails to mail a timely refund or itemized accounting within the 60-day period must pay the tenant double the amount of the tenant's original deposit (Ala. Code § 35-9A-201(f)).
Statute text (unchanged since 2014 amendment) confirmed via 2021 Wayback snapshot of the official alisondb page; the current site is a JS-rendered SPA, not directly fetchable. 1-month cap has exceptions for pets, premises changes, added liability risk. No interest requirement.