Ohio · OH
In Ohio, 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
- No statutory cap
- Interest on deposit
- Required
If the landlord withholds in bad faith
Tenant may recover the amount wrongfully withheld plus damages equal to that amount (effectively double), plus reasonable attorney's fees; remedy is lost if tenant fails to give a forwarding address.
30 days with itemized deductions. No statutory cap on deposit amount. Interest of 5%/year required only on the portion of the deposit exceeding $50 or one month's rent (whichever is greater), and only if the tenant occupies the unit 6 months or more.