Montana · MT
In Montana, a landlord must return a security deposit within 30 calendar days.
- Return deadline
- 30 calendar days
- Itemized statement
- Required
- Move-in condition list
- Required of the landlord
- Maximum deposit
- No statutory cap
- Interest on deposit
- Not required
If the landlord withholds in bad faith
Tenant recovers the amount wrongfully withheld plus an equal amount as a penalty (effectively up to 2x), plus attorney's fees; landlord who skips the required damage list forfeits all right to withhold
10 days to return in full if no deductions claimed; 30 days if withholding, with itemized list. No statutory cap on deposit amount. Written statement of condition mandatory at lease signing; failure bars landlord from later damage claims.