West Virginia · WV
In West Virginia, a landlord must return a security deposit within 60 calendar days.
- Return deadline
- 60 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
If noncompliance is willful or not in good faith, the tenant is entitled to judgment for the amount of any unreturned deposit plus damages equal to one and a half times the amount wrongfully withheld.
Landlord must return the deposit with itemized deductions within the shorter of 60 days after tenancy ends or 45 days after a new tenant occupies (plus 15 days if a contractor estimate is needed). No checklist mandate. Willful violation: deposit owed plus 1.5x the amount wrongfully withheld.