Missouri · MO
In Missouri, a landlord must return a security deposit within 30 calendar days.
- Return deadline
- 30 calendar days
- Itemized statement
- Required
- Move-in condition list
- Not required by statute
- Maximum deposit
- 2 months' rent
- Interest on deposit
- Not required
If the landlord withholds in bad faith
Tenant recovers double (2x) the amount wrongfully withheld
Interest earned on the deposit belongs to the landlord. No statutory move-in checklist requirement, but landlord must give written notice of the move-out inspection date/time and tenant may be present.