Tennessee · TN
Tennessee sets no fixed number of days for a landlord to return a security deposit.
This may not apply everywhere in Tennessee
Tennessee's URLTA (Title 66, ch. 28) applies only in larger counties (population threshold, commonly cited ~68,000). Smaller counties have no statutory deposit rules.
- Return deadline
- No fixed statutory deadline
- Itemized statement
- Required
- Move-in condition list
- Not required by statute
- Maximum deposit
- No statutory cap
- Interest on deposit
- Not required
If the landlord withholds in bad faith
Landlord forfeits the right to retain any portion of the deposit if it was not held in a proper account and a written listing of damages was not provided. No statutory multiplier.
No fixed number of days to return the deposit. Where the act applies, the landlord must give a written listing of damages or forfeit the right to withhold, and notify the tenant of inspection rights within 5 days of a vacate notice.