Texas · TX
In Texas, 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
- Not required
If the landlord withholds in bad faith
Bad-faith retention: liable for $100 plus three times the portion of the deposit wrongfully withheld plus the tenant's reasonable attorney's fees. Bad-faith failure to give the itemized list forfeits the right to withhold. Failure to refund/itemize within 30 days is presumed bad faith.
Landlord has 30 days after the tenant surrenders possession to refund the deposit or send an itemized deduction list; normal wear and tear is not deductible. Bad-faith withholding equals $100 plus 3x the amount wrongfully withheld plus attorney's fees. No statutory cap, no interest.