{ "dataset": "security-deposits", "title": "Security deposit rules by state", "description": "Security deposit caps, return deadlines, itemized statement, interest, holding and penalty rules from state landlord-tenant law for 50 states and DC, as open data.", "url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/data/security-deposits", "publisher": "MCC Solutions", "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "attribution": "Credit \"MCC Solutions\" and link to https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/data/security-deposits" }, "checked": "2026-11-06", "row_count": 51, "accuracy": "Facts come from official government pages as they read on the checked date. Anything not confirmed there is null and named in the row's unconfirmed list. General information, not legal or tax advice; MCC Solutions is not a law firm and we are not lawyers.", "fields": [ { "name": "jurisdiction_code", "type": "string", "meaning": "Two-letter postal code of the state or DC." }, { "name": "jurisdiction", "type": "string", "meaning": "State name (or District of Columbia)." }, { "name": "statute.cite", "type": "string", "meaning": "Statute section." }, { "name": "statute.url", "type": "string (URL)", "meaning": "Link to the statute." }, { "name": "statute.check", "type": "string (free text)", "meaning": "Note when the statute could not be read directly." }, { "name": "maxDeposit.months", "type": "number", "meaning": "Cap on the deposit, in months of rent." }, { "name": "maxDeposit.none", "type": "boolean", "meaning": "True when the state sets no cap." }, { "name": "maxDeposit.text", "type": "string (free text)", "meaning": "The cap rule in plain English." }, { "name": "maxDeposit.check", "type": "string (free text)", "meaning": "Where to check when the cap is not confirmed." }, { "name": "returnDeadline.days", "type": "integer", "meaning": "Deadline to return the deposit." }, { "name": "returnDeadline.unit", "type": "string (code)", "meaning": "days (calendar), business or month." }, { "name": "returnDeadline.text", "type": "string (free text)", "meaning": "The deadline rule in plain English." }, { "name": "returnDeadline.starts", "type": "string (free text)", "meaning": "When the deadline starts counting." }, { "name": "returnDeadline.addressStart", "type": "boolean", "meaning": "Whether the clock waits for the tenant's forwarding address." }, { "name": "returnDeadline.noneStated", "type": "boolean", "meaning": "True when the law sets no general deadline." }, { "name": "returnDeadline.alt", "type": "array of objects", "meaning": "Other deadlines for some cases: label, days, unit." }, { "name": "returnDeadline.check", "type": "string (free text)", "meaning": "Where to check when the deadline is not confirmed." }, { "name": "itemizedStatement.value", "type": "boolean", "meaning": "Whether an itemized list of deductions is required." }, { "name": "itemizedStatement.text", "type": "string (free text)", "meaning": "Detail on the itemized list." }, { "name": "itemizedStatement.check", "type": "string (free text)", "meaning": "Where to check when not confirmed." }, { "name": "interest.value", "type": "boolean", "meaning": "Whether the landlord must pay interest on the deposit." }, { "name": "interest.text", "type": "string (free text)", "meaning": "Detail on interest." }, { "name": "interest.rate2026", "type": "string", "meaning": "Interest rate set for 2026, where published." }, { "name": "interest.rateUrl", "type": "string (URL)", "meaning": "Source for that rate." }, { "name": "interest.check", "type": "string (free text)", "meaning": "Where to check when not confirmed." }, { "name": "holding.value", "type": "string (free text)", "meaning": "How the deposit must be held (true/false or the rule)." }, { "name": "holding.text", "type": "string (free text)", "meaning": "Detail on holding." }, { "name": "holding.check", "type": "string (free text)", "meaning": "Where to check when not confirmed." }, { "name": "penalty.value", "type": "string (free text)", "meaning": "Penalty for wrongful withholding." }, { "name": "penalty.check", "type": "string (free text)", "meaning": "Where to check when not confirmed." }, { "name": "scope", "type": "string (free text)", "meaning": "Limits on who the law covers." }, { "name": "notes", "type": "array of strings", "meaning": "Other points from the official source." }, { "name": "staleSource", "type": "string (free text)", "meaning": "Note when the only text read was an older edition." }, { "name": "fullyConfirmed", "type": "boolean", "meaning": "Whether every topic in the row is confirmed." }, { "name": "unconfirmed", "type": "array of strings", "meaning": "Fields the official sources read did not confirm for this row. Those values are null." }, { "name": "source_titles", "type": "array of strings", "meaning": "Titles of the official sources for the row." }, { "name": "source_urls", "type": "array of strings", "meaning": "Links to the official sources for the row." }, { "name": "checked", "type": "date (YYYY-MM-DD)", "meaning": "When the row's sources were opened (YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD). A row with no official source carries the date of the check that found none." }, { "name": "page_url", "type": "string (URL)", "meaning": "The page on mcc-solutionsnj.com that explains this row." } ], "rows": [ { "jurisdiction_code": "AL", "jurisdiction": "Alabama", "statute.cite": "Code of Alabama 35-9A-201", "statute.url": null, "statute.check": "We could read the section only as reprinted in a 2023 bill on the Legislature's site. Check the current Code of Alabama.", "maxDeposit.months": 1, "maxDeposit.none": null, "maxDeposit.text": "No more than one month's periodic rent, except for pets, changes to the premises, or increased liability risks (35-9A-201(a)). A 2023 bill (SB242) proposed removing this limit; check the current Code.", "maxDeposit.check": null, "returnDeadline.days": 60, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "The amount due 60 days after the tenancy ends and possession is delivered, with an itemized list of amounts withheld within that 60-day period (35-9A-201).", "returnDeadline.starts": "the tenancy ends and possession is delivered", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "An itemized list of the amounts withheld, within the 60-day period (35-9A-201). The tenant gives a valid forwarding address in writing on leaving.", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": false, "interest.text": "None stated in 35-9A-201 as reprinted in 2023 SB242.", "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": null, "holding.value": null, "holding.text": null, "holding.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check the Code of Alabama 35-9A-201.", "penalty.value": "Double the amount of the tenant's original deposit if the landlord doesn't refund or account for it within 60 days (35-9A-201).", "penalty.check": null, "scope": null, "notes": [], "staleSource": "Read from the text of 35-9A-201 reprinted in a 2023 bill. Confirm against the current Code of Alabama.", "fullyConfirmed": false, "unconfirmed": [ "holding" ], "source_titles": [ "Alabama Legislature: 2023 SB242 as introduced (reprints Code section 35-9A-201)" ], "source_urls": [ "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB242-int.pdf" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "AK", "jurisdiction": "Alaska", "statute.cite": "AS 34.03.070", "statute.url": null, "statute.check": "The facts below come from the Department of Law's handbook, which cites AS 34.03.070.", "maxDeposit.months": 2, "maxDeposit.none": null, "maxDeposit.text": "Deposits and prepaid rent together no more than two months' rent; the limit doesn't apply to units renting for more than $2,000 a month. A separate pet deposit of up to one more month's rent is allowed (AS 34.03.070(a), (h)).", "maxDeposit.check": null, "returnDeadline.days": 14, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "Within 14 days after the tenancy ends and possession is delivered, if the tenant gave proper notice. Within 30 days if the landlord deducts for damage beyond normal wear and tear, or if the tenant didn't give proper notice (AS 34.03.070).", "returnDeadline.starts": "the tenancy ends and possession is delivered", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [ { "label": "Deductions for damage, or no proper move-out notice: 30 days", "days": 30, "unit": "days" } ], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "A written, itemized list of deductions with any refund, hand-delivered or mailed to the tenant's last known address (AS 34.03.070).", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": null, "interest.text": null, "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check AS 34.03.070.", "holding.value": "In a trust account at a bank or savings and loan association, or with a licensed escrow agent, used only for deposits and prepaid rent and not mixed with other money (AS 34.03.070(c)).", "holding.text": null, "holding.check": null, "penalty.value": "If the landlord willfully fails to comply, the tenant may recover up to twice the amount withheld (AS 34.03.070).", "penalty.check": null, "scope": null, "notes": [], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": false, "unconfirmed": [ "interest" ], "source_titles": [ "Alaska Department of Law: The Alaska Landlord & Tenant Act: what it means to you (2024)" ], "source_urls": [ "https://law.alaska.gov/pdf/consumer/LandlordTenant_web.pdf" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "AZ", "jurisdiction": "Arizona", "statute.cite": "A.R.S. 33-1321", "statute.url": "https://www.azleg.gov/ars/33/01321.htm", "statute.check": null, "maxDeposit.months": 1.5, "maxDeposit.none": null, "maxDeposit.text": "No more than one and one-half months' rent, counting prepaid rent (33-1321(A)).", "maxDeposit.check": null, "returnDeadline.days": 14, "returnDeadline.unit": "business", "returnDeadline.text": "Within 14 days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, the landlord provides an itemized list of all deductions with any amount due (33-1321(D)).", "returnDeadline.starts": "the tenancy ends (see 33-1321(D) for what starts the count)", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "An itemized list of all deductions (33-1321(D)).", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": false, "interest.text": "None stated in A.R.S. 33-1321.", "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": null, "holding.value": false, "holding.text": "None stated in A.R.S. 33-1321.", "holding.check": null, "penalty.value": "Twice the amount wrongfully withheld, plus the money due (33-1321(E)).", "penalty.check": null, "scope": null, "notes": [], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": true, "unconfirmed": [], "source_titles": [ "Arizona Legislature: A.R.S. 33-1321, Security deposits" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.azleg.gov/ars/33/01321.htm" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "AR", "jurisdiction": "Arkansas", "statute.cite": null, "statute.url": null, "statute.check": "The Attorney General's page doesn't cite the statute. Check the Arkansas Code.", "maxDeposit.months": 2, "maxDeposit.none": null, "maxDeposit.text": "No more than two months' rent.", "maxDeposit.check": null, "returnDeadline.days": 60, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "The deposit is returned, with a written itemized list of charges withheld, within 60 days of the time the tenant vacates.", "returnDeadline.starts": "the tenant vacates", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "A written, itemized list of the charges withheld.", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": null, "interest.text": null, "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check the Arkansas Code.", "holding.value": null, "holding.text": null, "holding.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check the Arkansas Code.", "penalty.value": null, "penalty.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check the Arkansas Code.", "scope": "The Attorney General says this law applies only to landlords who rent six or more dwellings.", "notes": [], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": false, "unconfirmed": [ "statute", "interest", "holding", "penalty" ], "source_titles": [ "Arkansas Attorney General: Landlord and Tenant Rights" ], "source_urls": [ "https://arkansasag.gov/divisions/public-protection/homes/landlord-and-tenant-rights/" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "CA", "jurisdiction": "California", "statute.cite": "Civil Code 1950.5", "statute.url": null, "statute.check": "The Legislature's site (leginfo.legislature.ca.gov) didn't load for us; the facts below come from the state guides listed.", "maxDeposit.months": 1, "maxDeposit.none": null, "maxDeposit.text": "Since July 1, 2024, no more than one month's rent, and other deposits and fees count toward it. A small landlord (a person or owner-held LLC with one or two properties and no more than 4 rental units) may charge up to two months, but only one month to a service member.", "maxDeposit.check": null, "returnDeadline.days": 21, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "Within 21 days after the tenant moves out: the deposit, or the deposit minus deductions with an itemized statement. If repairs aren't done in 21 days, a good-faith estimate, then receipts within 14 days after the work is done.", "returnDeadline.starts": "the tenant moves out", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "An itemized statement of what was deducted and why; copies of invoices or receipts when deductions are over $125.", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": false, "interest.text": "The Attorney General's guide lists no state interest requirement and says some cities make landlords pay interest; check your city or county rules.", "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": null, "holding.value": "The Attorney General's guide names no account type: the landlord holds the deposit until the tenant moves out, and on a sale returns it or transfers it to the new owner.", "holding.text": null, "holding.check": null, "penalty.value": "In a bad-faith case, the court may award up to twice the amount of the deposit, plus the tenant's damages.", "penalty.check": null, "scope": null, "notes": [ "For tenancies starting on or after July 1, 2025, the Department of Real Estate guide says the landlord must photograph the unit immediately before or at the start of the tenancy." ], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": true, "unconfirmed": [], "source_titles": [ "California Department of Real Estate: California Tenants guide, 2026 edition (RE 26, Rev. 1/1/26)", "California Courts Self-Help Guide: Guide to security deposits in California", "California Attorney General: Know Your Rights as a California Tenant, Security Deposits" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.dre.ca.gov/publications/ResourceGuidebook/2026_Landlord_Tenant_Guide.pdf", "https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/guide-security-deposits-california", "https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/media/Know-Your-Rights-Security-Deposits-English.pdf" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "CO", "jurisdiction": "Colorado", "statute.cite": "C.R.S. 38-12-103, as amended by HB25-1249 (effective January 1, 2026)", "statute.url": "https://content.leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1249_enr.pdf", "statute.check": null, "maxDeposit.months": null, "maxDeposit.none": null, "maxDeposit.text": null, "maxDeposit.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check C.R.S. 38-12-102 and 38-12-103.", "returnDeadline.days": 30, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "Within 30 days after the lease ends or the premises are surrendered, unless the lease sets a longer period of no more than 60 days.", "returnDeadline.starts": "the tenancy ends or the premises are surrendered", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [ { "label": "If the lease sets a longer period (no more than 60 days)", "days": 60, "unit": "days" } ], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "A written statement listing the exact reasons for keeping any part of the deposit. Under 38-12-103(8), on the tenant's written request the landlord provides supporting documents such as photographs, inspection reports, receipts, invoices or estimates.", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": null, "interest.text": null, "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check C.R.S. 38-12-103.", "holding.value": null, "holding.text": null, "holding.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check C.R.S. 38-12-103.", "penalty.value": "A landlord who doesn't comply forfeits the right to withhold any part of the deposit. Treble damages, reasonable attorney fees and court costs if the landlord doesn't return the deposit within seven days after the tenant's demand and notice of intent to sue.", "penalty.check": null, "scope": null, "notes": [], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": false, "unconfirmed": [ "maxDeposit", "interest", "holding" ], "source_titles": [ "Colorado General Assembly: HB25-1249, enrolled text", "Colorado General Assembly: HB25-1249 bill history (signed June 3, 2025)", "Colorado Division of Real Estate: HB25-1249 summary" ], "source_urls": [ "https://content.leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1249_enr.pdf", "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB25-1249", "https://dre.colorado.gov/hb25-1249-summary" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "CT", "jurisdiction": "Connecticut", "statute.cite": "Conn. Gen. Stat. 47a-21", "statute.url": null, "statute.check": "The General Assembly's site (cga.ct.gov) blocks automated reading; the facts below come from the Department of Banking.", "maxDeposit.months": 2, "maxDeposit.none": null, "maxDeposit.text": "No more than two months' rent; one month for a tenant 62 or older.", "maxDeposit.check": null, "returnDeadline.days": 21, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "Within 21 days after the tenancy ends: the deposit with interest, or a written notice itemizing damages and the balance. If the tenant hasn't given a written forwarding address, within 15 days after the landlord receives one.", "returnDeadline.starts": "the tenancy ends", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [ { "label": "If the forwarding address arrives later: 15 days after it's received", "days": 15, "unit": "days" } ], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "A written notice itemizing the nature and amount of damages, unpaid rent or utilities, and the balance with interest.", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": true, "interest.text": "At least the rate set each year by the Banking Commissioner, paid yearly on the tenancy anniversary or credited to rent. The Department of Banking lists 0.49% for 2026.", "interest.rate2026": "0.49%", "interest.rateUrl": "https://portal.ct.gov/dob/rental-security-deposits/rental-security-deposits/deposit-index-and-interest-rates", "interest.check": null, "holding.value": "In an escrow account at a financial institution in Connecticut.", "holding.text": null, "holding.check": null, "penalty.value": "Twice the amount of the deposit if the landlord misses the deadline or notice requirements.", "penalty.check": null, "scope": null, "notes": [], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": true, "unconfirmed": [], "source_titles": [ "Connecticut Department of Banking: Rental Security Deposits", "Connecticut Department of Banking: Deposit Index and Interest Rates" ], "source_urls": [ "https://portal.ct.gov/dob/rental-security-deposits/rental-security-deposits/rental-security-deposits", "https://portal.ct.gov/dob/rental-security-deposits/rental-security-deposits/deposit-index-and-interest-rates" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "DE", "jurisdiction": "Delaware", "statute.cite": "25 Del. C. 5514", "statute.url": null, "statute.check": "The facts below come from the Department of Justice summary, which cites each section.", "maxDeposit.months": 1, "maxDeposit.none": null, "maxDeposit.text": "For leases of one year or more, no more than one month's rent (furnished units have no limit). On month-to-month or undefined terms, more may be charged, but the excess is returned after one year. A separate pet deposit of up to one month's rent (5514(a)).", "maxDeposit.check": null, "returnDeadline.days": 20, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "Within 20 days after the lease ends: the full deposit, or an itemized list of damages with repair costs and any balance (5514(f)).", "returnDeadline.starts": "the lease ends", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "An itemized list of damages with the cost of repair; without it the full deposit is returned (5514(f)). The tenant gives a forwarding address in writing before leaving.", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": null, "interest.text": null, "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check 25 Del. C. 5514.", "holding.value": "In a security deposit account at a federally insured bank in Delaware, not used in running the business; the account's location is disclosed within 20 days of a written request or the deposit is forfeited (5514(b)).", "holding.text": null, "holding.check": null, "penalty.value": "Double the amount wrongfully withheld (5514(h)).", "penalty.check": null, "scope": null, "notes": [ "A surety bond may replace the deposit if both parties agree (5514A)." ], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": false, "unconfirmed": [ "interest" ], "source_titles": [ "Delaware Department of Justice, Consumer Protection Unit: A Summary of the Delaware Residential Landlord-Tenant Code (revised October 2024)" ], "source_urls": [ "https://attorneygeneral.delaware.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2026/04/LL-T-Code-Summary-Oct-2024.pdf" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "DC", "jurisdiction": "District of Columbia", "statute.cite": "D.C. Code 42-3502.17 and 14 DCMR 308-311", "statute.url": "https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.17", "statute.check": null, "maxDeposit.months": 1, "maxDeposit.none": null, "maxDeposit.text": "No more than the initial monthly rent (Tenant Bill of Rights, citing 14 DCMR 308-311).", "maxDeposit.check": null, "returnDeadline.days": 45, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "Within 45 days after the tenancy ends: the deposit with interest, or a written notice of unpaid amounts, delivered personally, by email or by certified mail, with supporting photos or other documentation and a statement of the tenant's right to dispute (42-3502.17(e)(2)).", "returnDeadline.starts": "the tenancy ends", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "A written notice of the unpaid amounts claimed, with photos or other documentation and the tenant's right to dispute within 30 calendar days; the landlord answers a dispute in writing within 10 days (42-3502.17(e)).", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": true, "interest.text": "Returned with interest for tenancies of 12 months or more (Tenant Bill of Rights). Check 14 DCMR 309 for the rate.", "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": null, "holding.value": "In an interest-bearing account (Tenant Bill of Rights).", "holding.text": null, "holding.check": null, "penalty.value": null, "penalty.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check 14 DCMR 308-311 and the Office of the Tenant Advocate.", "scope": null, "notes": [ "The landlord asks the tenant for a forwarding mailing or email address when the tenancy ends (42-3502.17(e)(1)).", "The Code's history notes a 2025 amendment (D.C. Law 25-308, sec. 2(b)) that hasn't been implemented because it awaits funding." ], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": false, "unconfirmed": [ "penalty" ], "source_titles": [ "Council of the District of Columbia: D.C. Code 42-3502.17", "D.C. Office of the Tenant Advocate: Tenant Bill of Rights (form OTA 2026.09.25)" ], "source_urls": [ "https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.17", "https://ota.dc.gov/sites/default/files/2026-09/2026.09.25_TBR_Revision_Final[1].pdf" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "FL", "jurisdiction": "Florida", "statute.cite": "Fla. Stat. 83.49", "statute.url": "https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2026/0083.49", "statute.check": null, "maxDeposit.months": null, "maxDeposit.none": true, "maxDeposit.text": "No maximum in 83.49.", "maxDeposit.check": null, "returnDeadline.days": 30, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "With no claim on the deposit: return it (with any interest owed) within 15 days after the rental agreement ends. To keep any part: send written notice of the claim by certified mail to the tenant's last known mailing address within 30 days after it ends.", "returnDeadline.starts": "the rental agreement ends", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [ { "label": "No deductions: return within 15 days", "days": 15, "unit": "days" } ], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "A written notice of intention to impose a claim, by certified mail, in substantially the wording 83.49(3)(a) gives. The tenant then has 15 days to object in writing.", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": null, "interest.text": "Depends on how it's held: none in a separate non-interest-bearing account; in an interest-bearing account, at least 75% of the annualized average rate or 5% simple, as the landlord elects; with a surety bond, 5% simple.", "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": null, "holding.value": "In a separate account at a Florida financial institution (non-interest or interest-bearing), or the landlord posts a surety bond. Written notice to the tenant within 30 days after receiving the deposit.", "holding.text": null, "holding.check": null, "penalty.value": "A landlord who misses the 30-day claim notice forfeits the right to impose a claim on the deposit.", "penalty.check": null, "scope": null, "notes": [ "A tenant who leaves without giving at least 7 days' written notice by certified mail or personal delivery relieves the landlord of the 30-day notice requirement but keeps the right to the deposit (83.49(5))." ], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": true, "unconfirmed": [], "source_titles": [ "The Florida Senate: 2026 Florida Statutes, 83.49" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2026/0083.49" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "GA", "jurisdiction": "Georgia", "statute.cite": "O.C.G.A. 44-7-30.1 and Title 44, Chapter 7, Article 2", "statute.url": null, "statute.check": "The DCA handbook doesn't cite section numbers for the return rules. Check the Official Code of Georgia.", "maxDeposit.months": 2, "maxDeposit.none": null, "maxDeposit.text": "No more than the equivalent of two months' rent (O.C.G.A. 44-7-30.1, added by HB 404 for leases entered into or renewed on or after July 1, 2024).", "maxDeposit.check": null, "returnDeadline.days": 30, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "Within 30 days after the lease ends or the tenant leaves, whichever is later, for all landlords regardless of the number of units; any amount withheld for damage is explained in a notice sent within those 30 days (DCA handbook, 2024).", "returnDeadline.starts": "the lease ends or the tenant leaves, whichever is later", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "A notice identifying the damage, with the estimated dollar amount, and any refund of the difference.", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": null, "interest.text": null, "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check O.C.G.A. Title 44, Chapter 7, Article 2.", "holding.value": "For a landlord with more than ten units or a management agent: a bank escrow account (or a bond with the superior court clerk), with written notice to the tenant of where it's held.", "holding.text": null, "holding.check": null, "penalty.value": "For a landlord with more than ten units or a management agent: up to three times the amount withheld, plus attorney fees, unless the withholding was a good-faith mistake.", "penalty.check": null, "scope": null, "notes": [ "The handbook says the landlord gives the tenant a list of existing damage before accepting the deposit; check the handbook for how this applies to landlords with ten or fewer units." ], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": false, "unconfirmed": [ "interest" ], "source_titles": [ "Georgia House Budget and Research Office: 2024 homeowner and housing legislation brief (HB 404)", "Georgia Governor's Office: HB 404 (2024) as signed, adding O.C.G.A. 44-7-30.1", "Georgia Department of Community Affairs: Georgia Landlord Tenant Handbook (revised August 29, 2024)" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/house-budget-and-research-office-document-library/newsandhighlights/2024/2024_policy_brief_georgia_homeowner_and_housing_legislation.pdf?sfvrsn=862d9441_2", "https://gov.georgia.gov/document/2024-signed-legislation/hb-404/download", "https://dca.georgia.gov/document/manuals/georgia-landlord-tenant-handbook-english/download" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "HI", "jurisdiction": "Hawaii", "statute.cite": "HRS chapter 521 (Residential Landlord-Tenant Code)", "statute.url": null, "statute.check": "The Legislature's HRS pages didn't load for us; the facts below come from the Office of Consumer Protection.", "maxDeposit.months": 1, "maxDeposit.none": null, "maxDeposit.text": "No more than one month's rent, and key or pet deposits count toward it.", "maxDeposit.check": null, "returnDeadline.days": 14, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "The balance after deductions is returned no later than 14 days after the rental agreement ends, with written notice of the reasons for keeping any part.", "returnDeadline.starts": "the rental agreement ends", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "Written notice of the reasons for keeping part or all of the deposit.", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": null, "interest.text": null, "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check HRS 521-44.", "holding.value": null, "holding.text": null, "holding.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check HRS 521-44.", "penalty.value": "Without the notice within 14 days, the landlord must return all of the deposit.", "penalty.check": null, "scope": null, "notes": [], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": false, "unconfirmed": [ "interest", "holding" ], "source_titles": [ "Hawaii DCCA Office of Consumer Protection: Residential Landlord-Tenant Code" ], "source_urls": [ "https://cca.hawaii.gov/ocp/landlord-tenant-residential-code/" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "ID", "jurisdiction": "Idaho", "statute.cite": "Idaho Code 6-321", "statute.url": null, "statute.check": "Check Idaho Code 6-321 on the Idaho Legislature's site.", "maxDeposit.months": null, "maxDeposit.none": null, "maxDeposit.text": null, "maxDeposit.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check Idaho Code 6-321.", "returnDeadline.days": 21, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "Within 21 days after the lease ends or, if the lease says so, within 30 days after the tenant leaves.", "returnDeadline.starts": "the lease ends", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [ { "label": "If the lease allows: 30 days after the tenant leaves", "days": 30, "unit": "days" } ], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "A written statement of the amounts deducted, why, and how the deductions were spent.", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": null, "interest.text": null, "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check Idaho Code 6-321.", "holding.value": null, "holding.text": null, "holding.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check Idaho Code 6-321.", "penalty.value": null, "penalty.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check Idaho Code 6-321 and 6-324.", "scope": null, "notes": [], "staleSource": "The court self-help sheet was revised in January 2013. Confirm against current Idaho Code 6-321.", "fullyConfirmed": false, "unconfirmed": [ "maxDeposit", "interest", "holding", "penalty" ], "source_titles": [ "Idaho Courts self-help: Idaho's Security Deposit Law (H-3, revised 1/13)" ], "source_urls": [ "https://courtselfhelp.idaho.gov/docs/forms/H-3.pdf" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "IL", "jurisdiction": "Illinois", "statute.cite": "765 ILCS 710 (Security Deposit Return Act)", "statute.url": "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=2202&ChapterID=62", "statute.check": null, "maxDeposit.months": null, "maxDeposit.none": true, "maxDeposit.text": "No maximum in 765 ILCS 710.", "maxDeposit.check": null, "returnDeadline.days": 45, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "In buildings of five or more units: the deposit in full within 45 days of move-out; if any amount is withheld, an itemized statement of damages with paid receipts within 30 days of move-out.", "returnDeadline.starts": "the tenant moves out", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [ { "label": "Itemized statement with receipts (if withholding): 30 days", "days": 30, "unit": "days" } ], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "An itemized statement of damages with paid receipts, within 30 days of move-out.", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": true, "interest.text": "Where the deposit is held at least six months and the building or complex has at least 25 units, interest is paid or credited every 12 months. The Attorney General's guide gives no rate; check 765 ILCS 715.", "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": null, "holding.value": "None stated in 765 ILCS 710.", "holding.text": null, "holding.check": null, "penalty.value": "If a court finds a violation, damages of two times the deposit, plus court costs and attorney fees.", "penalty.check": null, "scope": "The Attorney General says the return rules apply to buildings or complexes of five or more units. Chicago and other cities can have their own ordinances.", "notes": [], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": true, "unconfirmed": [], "source_titles": [ "Illinois Attorney General: Landlord and Tenant Rights and Laws (01/24)", "Illinois General Assembly: 765 ILCS 710, Security Deposit Return Act" ], "source_urls": [ "https://illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/Page-Attachments/LandlordAndTenantRightsLaws.pdf", "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=2202&ChapterID=62" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "IN", "jurisdiction": "Indiana", "statute.cite": "IC 32-31-3-12", "statute.url": null, "statute.check": "The facts below come from the Indiana Office of Court Services manual. Check IC 32-31-3 on iga.in.gov for the rest.", "maxDeposit.months": null, "maxDeposit.none": null, "maxDeposit.text": null, "maxDeposit.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check IC 32-31-3.", "returnDeadline.days": 45, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "For rental agreements made after June 30, 1989: within 45 days after the landlord receives the tenant's forwarding address, a full refund or an itemized written statement of why any part is kept (IC 32-31-3-12).", "returnDeadline.starts": "the landlord receives the tenant's forwarding address", "returnDeadline.addressStart": true, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "An itemized, written statement showing why all or part of the deposit is kept (IC 32-31-3-12).", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": null, "interest.text": null, "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check IC 32-31-3.", "holding.value": null, "holding.text": null, "holding.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check IC 32-31-3.", "penalty.value": null, "penalty.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check IC 32-31-3-12 to 32-31-3-16.", "scope": null, "notes": [], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": false, "unconfirmed": [ "maxDeposit", "interest", "holding", "penalty" ], "source_titles": [ "Indiana Office of Court Services: Small Claims Manual (2026, updated 12/23/2025)" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.in.gov/courts/files/small-claims-manual.pdf" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "IA", "jurisdiction": "Iowa", "statute.cite": "Iowa Code 562A.12", "statute.url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/562A.12.pdf", "statute.check": null, "maxDeposit.months": 2, "maxDeposit.none": null, "maxDeposit.text": "No more than two months' rent (562A.12(1)).", "maxDeposit.check": null, "returnDeadline.days": 30, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "Within 30 days from the end of the tenancy and receipt of the tenant's mailing address or delivery instructions: the deposit, or a written statement of the specific reasons for withholding (562A.12(3)).", "returnDeadline.starts": "the tenancy ends and the landlord has the tenant's mailing address", "returnDeadline.addressStart": true, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "A written statement showing the specific reason for withholding (562A.12(3)). Missing it forfeits the right to withhold (562A.12(4)).", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": false, "interest.text": "Interest earned during the first five years of a tenancy belongs to the landlord (562A.12(2)).", "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": null, "holding.value": "In a federally insured bank, savings and loan or credit union; may be a trust account; not commingled with the landlord's own money (562A.12(2)).", "holding.text": null, "holding.check": null, "penalty.value": "Bad-faith retention: actual damages plus punitive damages of up to twice the monthly rent (562A.12(7)).", "penalty.check": null, "scope": null, "notes": [], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": true, "unconfirmed": [], "source_titles": [ "Iowa Legislature: Iowa Code 562A.12, Rental deposits" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/562A.12.pdf" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "KS", "jurisdiction": "Kansas", "statute.cite": "K.S.A. 58-2550", "statute.url": "https://ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch58/058_025_0050.html", "statute.check": null, "maxDeposit.months": 1, "maxDeposit.none": null, "maxDeposit.text": "One month's rent unfurnished; one and one-half months furnished; plus up to one-half month's rent for pets (58-2550(a)).", "maxDeposit.check": null, "returnDeadline.days": 30, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "Within 14 days after the amount owed is determined, and in no event more than 30 days after the tenancy ends, with a written notice itemizing deductions (58-2550(b)).", "returnDeadline.starts": "the tenancy ends", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "Deductions itemized in a written notice delivered to the tenant (58-2550(b)).", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": null, "interest.text": null, "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check K.S.A. 58-2548 to 58-2573.", "holding.value": null, "holding.text": null, "holding.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check K.S.A. 58-2548 to 58-2573.", "penalty.value": "One and one-half times the amount wrongfully withheld, plus the deposit due (58-2550(c)).", "penalty.check": null, "scope": null, "notes": [], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": false, "unconfirmed": [ "interest", "holding" ], "source_titles": [ "Kansas Revisor of Statutes: K.S.A. 58-2550" ], "source_urls": [ "https://ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch58/058_025_0050.html" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "KY", "jurisdiction": "Kentucky", "statute.cite": "KRS 383.580", "statute.url": "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=35733", "statute.check": null, "maxDeposit.months": null, "maxDeposit.none": true, "maxDeposit.text": "No maximum in 383.580.", "maxDeposit.check": null, "returnDeadline.days": null, "returnDeadline.unit": null, "returnDeadline.text": "383.580 sets no general return deadline. It covers a tenant who leaves owing the last month's rent (30 days) and a refund the tenant doesn't respond to within 60 days of the landlord's notice.", "returnDeadline.starts": null, "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": true, "returnDeadline.alt": [], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "At move-out the landlord lists the damage with the estimated cost of each repair; the tenant may inspect and sign or dissent in writing (383.580(3)). A move-in damage list is required too (383.580(2)).", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": null, "interest.text": null, "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check KRS 383.580.", "holding.value": "In an account used only for deposits at a bank or lending institution regulated by Kentucky; the tenant is told where and the account number (383.580(1)).", "holding.text": null, "holding.check": null, "penalty.value": "A landlord who skips the separate account or the move-in and move-out lists may not keep any part of the deposit (383.580(4)).", "penalty.check": null, "scope": null, "notes": [], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": false, "unconfirmed": [ "interest" ], "source_titles": [ "Kentucky General Assembly: KRS 383.580, Security deposits" ], "source_urls": [ "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=35733" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "LA", "jurisdiction": "Louisiana", "statute.cite": "La. R.S. 9:3251 and 9:3252", "statute.url": "https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=107469", "statute.check": null, "maxDeposit.months": null, "maxDeposit.none": null, "maxDeposit.text": null, "maxDeposit.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check R.S. 9:3251.", "returnDeadline.days": 1, "returnDeadline.unit": "month", "returnDeadline.text": "Within one month after the lease ends; an itemized statement of any amount kept and why within one month after the tenancy ends.", "returnDeadline.starts": "the lease ends", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "An itemized statement of the amounts kept and the reasons. A 2026 bill (HB 292) proposed 15 more days for the statement; check R.S. 9:3251 for the current wording.", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": null, "interest.text": null, "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check R.S. 9:3251.", "holding.value": null, "holding.text": null, "holding.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check R.S. 9:3251.", "penalty.value": "Willful failure: the amount wrongfully kept plus $300 or twice that amount, whichever is greater. Not paying within 30 days after a written demand counts as willful (9:3252(A)).", "penalty.check": null, "scope": null, "notes": [], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": false, "unconfirmed": [ "maxDeposit", "interest", "holding" ], "source_titles": [ "Louisiana Legislature: R.S. 9:3252, Failure to comply", "Louisiana Legislature: 2026 HB 292 (shows present R.S. 9:3251 text)" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=107469", "https://legis.la.gov/legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1452499" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "ME", "jurisdiction": "Maine", "statute.cite": "14 M.R.S. 6032 and 6033", "statute.url": "https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/14/title14sec6033.html", "statute.check": null, "maxDeposit.months": 2, "maxDeposit.none": null, "maxDeposit.text": "No more than the rent for two months (6032).", "maxDeposit.check": null, "returnDeadline.days": 30, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "With a written rental agreement: the period it states, no more than 30 days. Tenancy at will: within 21 days after the tenancy ends or the premises are surrendered and accepted, whichever is later (6033(2)).", "returnDeadline.starts": "the tenancy ends", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [ { "label": "Tenancy at will: 21 days", "days": 21, "unit": "days" } ], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "A written itemized statement of the reasons for keeping any part, with payment of the difference; mailing to the last known address counts (6033(2)).", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": null, "interest.text": null, "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check 14 M.R.S. 6031-6038.", "holding.value": null, "holding.text": null, "holding.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check 14 M.R.S. 6031-6038.", "penalty.value": "Missing the statement or deadline forfeits the right to withhold any part (6033(3)). Other remedies are in 6034.", "penalty.check": null, "scope": null, "notes": [ "A landlord may not keep any part of the deposit for normal wear and tear (6033(1))." ], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": false, "unconfirmed": [ "interest", "holding" ], "source_titles": [ "Maine Legislature: Title 14, 6033, Return of the security deposit", "Maine Legislature: Title 14, 6032, Limitation on security deposits" ], "source_urls": [ "https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/14/title14sec6033.html", "https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/14/title14sec6032.html" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "MD", "jurisdiction": "Maryland", "statute.cite": "Md. Code, Real Property 8-203", "statute.url": "https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=grp§ion=8-203", "statute.check": null, "maxDeposit.months": 1, "maxDeposit.none": null, "maxDeposit.text": "No more than one month's rent per unit, regardless of the number of tenants; up to two months if the tenant qualifies for Department of Human Services utility assistance, the lease has the tenant pay utilities to the landlord, and both agree in writing (8-203(b)).", "maxDeposit.check": null, "returnDeadline.days": 45, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "Within 45 days after the tenancy ends: the deposit with interest, less damages rightfully withheld (8-203(e)).", "returnDeadline.starts": "the tenancy ends", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "A written list of damages claimed with itemized costs, sent by first-class mail to the tenant's last known address within 45 days; costs need supporting documents, which may be an estimate, with the final invoice after repairs (8-203(g), (j), (k)).", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": true, "interest.text": "Simple interest at the greater of the one-year U.S. Treasury yield curve rate on the first business day of the year or 1.5% a year, accruing monthly; owed only on deposits of $50 or more held at least six months (8-203(e)). DHCD publishes the rates and a calculator (8-203(m)-(n)).", "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": null, "holding.value": "Within 30 days of receipt, in a federally insured institution doing business in Maryland, in an in-state branch, in an account used only for deposits; or in insured certificates of deposit or government securities (8-203(d)).", "holding.text": null, "holding.check": null, "penalty.value": "Up to three times the amount withheld plus reasonable attorney fees, where the landlord had no reasonable basis (8-203(e)(4)); up to three times any excess charged over the limit (8-203(b)(3)).", "penalty.check": null, "scope": null, "notes": [ "A tenant who gives at least 15 days' notice by certified mail may attend the move-out inspection, held within five days before or after moving (8-203(f)).", "A tenant may buy a surety bond instead; the bond and any deposit together may not exceed two months' rent (8-203(i))." ], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": true, "unconfirmed": [], "source_titles": [ "Maryland General Assembly: Real Property 8-203 (current statute text)" ], "source_urls": [ "https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=grp§ion=8-203" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "MA", "jurisdiction": "Massachusetts", "statute.cite": "M.G.L. c. 186, s. 15B", "statute.url": "https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleI/Chapter186/Section15b", "statute.check": null, "maxDeposit.months": 1, "maxDeposit.none": null, "maxDeposit.text": "A security deposit equal to no more than the first month's rent (s. 15B(1)(b)).", "maxDeposit.check": null, "returnDeadline.days": 30, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "Within 30 days after the end of occupancy: the deposit with interest, less any deductions, with a sworn itemized list of damages (s. 15B(4)).", "returnDeadline.starts": "occupancy ends", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "An itemized list of damages sworn under the pains and penalties of perjury, with written evidence of the repair cost (s. 15B(4)(iii)).", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": true, "interest.text": "5% a year, or the lower rate the bank actually paid, paid at the end of each year of the tenancy (s. 15B(3)(b)).", "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": null, "holding.value": "In a separate, interest-bearing account in a bank in Massachusetts; a receipt within 30 days naming the bank, its address, the account number and the amount (s. 15B(3)(a)).", "holding.text": null, "holding.check": null, "penalty.value": "Three times the deposit, plus interest, costs and attorney fees, for the failures listed in s. 15B(7).", "penalty.check": null, "scope": null, "notes": [ "A statement of the present condition of the premises is due at the start of the tenancy (s. 15B(2)(c))." ], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": true, "unconfirmed": [], "source_titles": [ "Massachusetts Legislature: General Laws c. 186, s. 15B" ], "source_urls": [ "https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleI/Chapter186/Section15b" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "MI", "jurisdiction": "Michigan", "statute.cite": "MCL 554.602, 554.604, 554.609, 554.613", "statute.url": "https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-554-609", "statute.check": null, "maxDeposit.months": 1.5, "maxDeposit.none": null, "maxDeposit.text": "No more than one and one-half months' rent (554.602).", "maxDeposit.check": null, "returnDeadline.days": 30, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "Within 30 days after occupancy ends: mail a notice of damages with an itemized list and a check or money order for the difference (554.609).", "returnDeadline.starts": "occupancy ends", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "An itemized list of damages with the estimated cost of repair of each item, mailed with any balance (554.609).", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": null, "interest.text": null, "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check MCL 554.601-554.616.", "holding.value": "In a regulated financial institution, unless the landlord files a cash or surety bond with the Secretary of State (554.604).", "holding.text": null, "holding.check": null, "penalty.value": "A landlord who claims damages must sue within 45 days after occupancy ends; failing to comply waives the claimed damages and makes the landlord liable for double the amount retained (554.613).", "penalty.check": null, "scope": null, "notes": [ "MCL 554.608 covers move-in and move-out inventory checklists." ], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": false, "unconfirmed": [ "interest" ], "source_titles": [ "Michigan Legislature: MCL 554.602, Security deposit; amount", "Michigan Legislature: MCL 554.604, Disposition; bond", "Michigan Legislature: MCL 554.609, Itemized list of damages", "Michigan Legislature: MCL 554.613, Action for damages" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?ObjectName=mcl-554-602", "https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?ObjectName=mcl-554-604", "https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-554-609", "https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-554-613" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "MN", "jurisdiction": "Minnesota", "statute.cite": "Minn. Stat. 504B.178", "statute.url": "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/504b.178", "statute.check": null, "maxDeposit.months": null, "maxDeposit.none": true, "maxDeposit.text": "No maximum in 504B.178.", "maxDeposit.check": null, "returnDeadline.days": 21, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "Within three weeks after the tenancy ends and the landlord receives the tenant's mailing address or delivery instructions; within five days if the tenant leaves because the building is legally condemned (subd. 3).", "returnDeadline.starts": "the tenancy ends and the landlord has the tenant's mailing address", "returnDeadline.addressStart": true, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [ { "label": "Building legally condemned: 5 days", "days": 5, "unit": "days" } ], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "A written statement showing the specific reason for withholding (subd. 3).", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": true, "interest.text": "Simple, noncompounded interest of 1% a year (subd. 2).", "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": null, "holding.value": "Held by the landlord for the tenant; 504B.178 names no account type (subd. 2).", "holding.text": null, "holding.check": null, "penalty.value": "A penalty equal to the amount withheld plus interest (subd. 4); bad-faith retention adds punitive damages of up to $500 per deposit (subd. 7).", "penalty.check": null, "scope": null, "notes": [], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": true, "unconfirmed": [], "source_titles": [ "Minnesota Revisor of Statutes: 504B.178" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/504b.178" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "MS", "jurisdiction": "Mississippi", "statute.cite": "Miss. Code 89-8-21", "statute.url": null, "statute.check": "We could read the section only as brought forward, unchanged, in a 2024 bill on the Legislature's site. Check the current Mississippi Code.", "maxDeposit.months": null, "maxDeposit.none": null, "maxDeposit.text": null, "maxDeposit.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check Miss. Code 89-8-21.", "returnDeadline.days": 45, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "No later than 45 days after the tenancy ends (89-8-21(3)); the section ties the count to the tenancy ending, delivery of possession and the tenant's demand.", "returnDeadline.starts": "the tenancy ends", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "The landlord's written notice claiming any part of the deposit itemizes the amounts claimed (89-8-21(3)).", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": false, "interest.text": "None stated in Miss. Code 89-8-21.", "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": null, "holding.value": "Held by the landlord for the tenant; no account type is named (89-8-21(2)).", "holding.text": null, "holding.check": null, "penalty.value": "Retention without good faith: damages of up to $200 in addition to actual damages (89-8-21(4)).", "penalty.check": null, "scope": null, "notes": [], "staleSource": "Read from 89-8-21 as brought forward in 2023 and 2024 bills. Confirm against the current Mississippi Code.", "fullyConfirmed": false, "unconfirmed": [ "maxDeposit" ], "source_titles": [ "Mississippi Legislature: 2024 HB 1580 as introduced (brings forward 89-8-21)", "Mississippi Legislature: 2023 SB 2375 as introduced (brings forward 89-8-21)" ], "source_urls": [ "https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1580IN.htm", "https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2375IN.htm" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "MO", "jurisdiction": "Missouri", "statute.cite": "RSMo 535.300", "statute.url": "https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=535.300", "statute.check": null, "maxDeposit.months": 2, "maxDeposit.none": null, "maxDeposit.text": "No more than two months' rent (535.300.1).", "maxDeposit.check": null, "returnDeadline.days": 30, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "Within 30 days after the tenancy ends: the full deposit, or a written itemized list of damages with the balance (535.300.3).", "returnDeadline.starts": "the tenancy ends", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "A written itemized list of the damages for which any part is withheld (535.300.3). The tenant may be present at the move-out inspection (535.300.5).", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": null, "interest.text": null, "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check RSMo chapter 535.", "holding.value": null, "holding.text": null, "holding.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check RSMo chapter 535.", "penalty.value": "Twice the amount wrongfully withheld (535.300.6).", "penalty.check": null, "scope": null, "notes": [], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": false, "unconfirmed": [ "interest", "holding" ], "source_titles": [ "Missouri Revisor of Statutes: RSMo 535.300" ], "source_urls": [ "https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=535.300" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "MT", "jurisdiction": "Montana", "statute.cite": "MCA 70-25-202 and 70-25-203", "statute.url": "https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0700/chapter_0250/part_0020/section_0020/0700-0250-0020-0020.html", "statute.check": null, "maxDeposit.months": null, "maxDeposit.none": null, "maxDeposit.text": null, "maxDeposit.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check MCA Title 70, chapter 25.", "returnDeadline.days": 30, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "Within 30 days after the tenancy ends or the premises are surrendered and accepted: a written list of rent due and damage and cleaning charges with any balance. With no damage, cleaning or unpaid rent: the deposit within 10 days (70-25-202).", "returnDeadline.starts": "the tenancy ends or the premises are surrendered", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [ { "label": "No deductions: 10 days", "days": 10, "unit": "days" } ], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "A written list of rent due and damage and cleaning charges, with payment of the difference (70-25-202(1)(a)).", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": null, "interest.text": null, "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check MCA Title 70, chapter 25.", "holding.value": null, "holding.text": null, "holding.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check MCA Title 70, chapter 25.", "penalty.value": "Without the written list, the landlord forfeits all rights to withhold for damage or cleaning (70-25-203).", "penalty.check": null, "scope": null, "notes": [], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": false, "unconfirmed": [ "maxDeposit", "interest", "holding" ], "source_titles": [ "Montana Legislature: MCA 70-25-202, List of damages and refund", "Montana Legislature: MCA 70-25-203, Failure to provide list" ], "source_urls": [ "https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0700/chapter_0250/part_0020/section_0020/0700-0250-0020-0020.html", "https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0700/chapter_0250/part_0020/section_0030/0700-0250-0020-0030.html" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "NE", "jurisdiction": "Nebraska", "statute.cite": "Neb. Rev. Stat. 76-1416", "statute.url": "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=76-1416", "statute.check": null, "maxDeposit.months": 1, "maxDeposit.none": null, "maxDeposit.text": "No more than one month's periodic rent, plus a pet deposit of no more than one-fourth of a month's rent where appropriate (76-1416(1)).", "maxDeposit.check": null, "returnDeadline.days": 14, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "Within 14 days after the tenancy ends, delivered or mailed with a written itemization (76-1416(2)).", "returnDeadline.starts": "the tenancy ends", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "A written itemization of deductions (76-1416(2)).", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": null, "interest.text": null, "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check Neb. Rev. Stat. 76-1416.", "holding.value": null, "holding.text": null, "holding.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check Neb. Rev. Stat. 76-1416.", "penalty.value": "Money due, court costs and attorney fees; for willful, bad-faith noncompliance, liquidated damages of one month's rent or twice the deposit, whichever is less (76-1416(3)).", "penalty.check": null, "scope": null, "notes": [], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": false, "unconfirmed": [ "interest", "holding" ], "source_titles": [ "Nebraska Legislature: 76-1416, Security deposits; prepaid rent" ], "source_urls": [ "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=76-1416" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "NV", "jurisdiction": "Nevada", "statute.cite": "NRS 118A.242", "statute.url": "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/nrs-118a.html", "statute.check": null, "maxDeposit.months": 3, "maxDeposit.none": null, "maxDeposit.text": "Deposits and surety bonds together no more than three months' periodic rent (118A.242(1)).", "maxDeposit.check": null, "returnDeadline.days": 30, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "No later than 30 days after the tenancy ends: an itemized written accounting and any remaining deposit, sent to the tenant's present or last known address (118A.242(4)).", "returnDeadline.starts": "the tenancy ends", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "An itemized, written accounting of the disposition of the deposit or surety bond (118A.242(4)).", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": null, "interest.text": null, "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check NRS 118A.242.", "holding.value": null, "holding.text": null, "holding.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check NRS 118A.242.", "penalty.value": "The entire deposit, plus up to the amount of the entire deposit as the court sets (118A.242(6)-(7)).", "penalty.check": null, "scope": null, "notes": [], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": false, "unconfirmed": [ "interest", "holding" ], "source_titles": [ "Nevada Legislature: NRS chapter 118A (118A.242)" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/nrs-118a.html" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "NH", "jurisdiction": "New Hampshire", "statute.cite": "RSA 540-A:5 to 540-A:8", "statute.url": "https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/lv/540-a/540-a-mrg.htm", "statute.check": null, "maxDeposit.months": 1, "maxDeposit.none": null, "maxDeposit.text": "One month's rent or $100, whichever is greater (540-A:6, I(a)).", "maxDeposit.check": null, "returnDeadline.days": 30, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "Within 30 days after the tenancy ends: the deposit and any interest, less deductions (540-A:7, I).", "returnDeadline.starts": "the tenancy ends", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "An itemized, specific list of damage with evidence of repair cost such as receipts or estimates; other deductions itemized with specific periods (540-A:7).", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": true, "interest.text": "For deposits held a year or more, interest at the rate the institution pays on regular savings accounts; the tenant may ask for accrued interest every three years (540-A:6, IV).", "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": null, "holding.value": "In trust, not mixed with the landlord's own money; may be pooled in one trust account at a New Hampshire bank, savings and loan or credit union, or a bond filed with the local clerk instead. A signed receipt states where it's held (540-A:6, I-II).", "holding.text": null, "holding.check": null, "penalty.value": "Twice the deposit plus interest, less payments and lawful deductions, for failing to comply with 540-A:6, IV or 540-A:7 (540-A:8, I(b)).", "penalty.check": null, "scope": "Doesn't cover someone renting a single-family home who owns no other rental property, or units in an owner-occupied building of five units or fewer, except units occupied by a person 60 or older (540-A:5, I).", "notes": [], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": true, "unconfirmed": [], "source_titles": [ "New Hampshire General Court: RSA chapter 540-A", "New Hampshire General Court: RSA 540-A:7, Return of security deposit", "New Hampshire General Court: RSA 540-A:8, Remedies" ], "source_urls": [ "https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/lv/540-a/540-a-mrg.htm", "https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LV/540-A/540-A-7.htm", "https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LV/540-A/540-A-8.htm" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "NJ", "jurisdiction": "New Jersey", "statute.cite": "N.J.S.A. 46:8-19 to 46:8-26 (Rent Security Deposit Act)", "statute.url": null, "statute.check": "The facts below come from the Department of Community Affairs guide, which cites each section.", "maxDeposit.months": 1.5, "maxDeposit.none": null, "maxDeposit.text": "No more than one and one-half times one month's rent; any later yearly increase no more than 10% of the current deposit (46:8-21.2).", "maxDeposit.check": null, "returnDeadline.days": 30, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "Within 30 days after the tenancy ends: the deposit plus interest, less lawful deductions, by personal delivery or registered or certified mail, with an itemized list of deductions. Within five business days if the tenant is displaced by fire, flood, condemnation or evacuation (46:8-21.1).", "returnDeadline.starts": "the tenancy ends", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [ { "label": "Displaced by fire, flood, condemnation or evacuation: 5 business days", "days": 5, "unit": "business" } ], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "An itemized list of deductions, sent by registered or certified mail (46:8-21.1).", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": true, "interest.text": "The interest belongs to the tenant, paid in cash or credited toward rent at renewal or the anniversary, or each January 31 if the tenant was told in writing (46:8-19(c)).", "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": null, "holding.value": "In an insured bank or savings and loan in New Jersey, in an interest-bearing account (46:8-19). Within 30 days of receiving the deposit, written notice of the institution's name and address, the type of account, the interest rate and the amount (46:8-19.1).", "holding.text": null, "holding.check": null, "penalty.value": "The tenant may sue for double the amount wrongfully withheld (46:8-21.1).", "penalty.check": null, "scope": "The DCA guide says an owner-occupied two- or three-family dwelling is exempt unless the tenant asks in writing; the law then applies 30 days after the landlord receives the request.", "notes": [], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": true, "unconfirmed": [], "source_titles": [ "NJ Department of Community Affairs: Truth in Renting guide" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.nj.gov/dca/codes/publications/pdf_lti/t_i_r.pdf" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "NM", "jurisdiction": "New Mexico", "statute.cite": "NMSA 1978, 47-8-18", "statute.url": null, "statute.check": "The facts below come from the Regulation and Licensing Department's 2019 copy of the Act. Check the current NMSA on nmonesource.com.", "maxDeposit.months": 1, "maxDeposit.none": null, "maxDeposit.text": "Rental agreements under one year: no more than one month's rent. One year or more: a deposit above one month's rent earns yearly interest paid to the resident (47-8-18(A)).", "maxDeposit.check": null, "returnDeadline.days": 30, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "Within 30 days after the rental agreement ends or the resident leaves, whichever is later: an itemized written list of deductions and the balance; mailing to the last known address counts (47-8-18(C)).", "returnDeadline.starts": "the rental agreement ends or the resident leaves, whichever is later", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "An itemized written list of deductions with the balance (47-8-18(C)).", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": true, "interest.text": "Only on annual agreements where the deposit is more than one month's rent: yearly interest at the passbook rate the section names (47-8-18(A)(1)).", "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": null, "holding.value": false, "holding.text": "None stated in NMSA 47-8-18.", "holding.check": null, "penalty.value": "Missing the 30 days forfeits the right to withhold any part and to counterclaim, plus court costs and attorney fees (47-8-18(D)); bad-faith retention adds a $250 civil penalty (47-8-18(E)).", "penalty.check": null, "scope": null, "notes": [], "staleSource": "Read from the 2019 edition published by the Regulation and Licensing Department (section history ends in 1989). Confirm against the current NMSA.", "fullyConfirmed": false, "unconfirmed": [], "source_titles": [ "New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department (Real Estate Commission): Uniform Owner-Resident Relations Act, 2019 edition" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.rld.nm.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/00-2019-NM-UORRA-CHAPTER-47-for-web-publication.pdf" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "NY", "jurisdiction": "New York", "statute.cite": "N.Y. General Obligations Law 7-103 and 7-108", "statute.url": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/GOB/7-108", "statute.check": null, "maxDeposit.months": 1, "maxDeposit.none": null, "maxDeposit.text": "No more than one month's rent (7-108(1-a)(a)).", "maxDeposit.check": null, "returnDeadline.days": 14, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "Within 14 days after the tenant vacates: an itemized statement of the basis for any amount kept, with any remainder (7-108(1-a)(e)).", "returnDeadline.starts": "the tenant vacates", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "An itemized statement; without it the landlord forfeits any right to keep any part (7-108(1-a)(e)). The landlord offers a move-in inspection and the tenant may ask for one before moving out (7-108(1-a)(c)-(d)).", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": true, "interest.text": "Interest earned belongs to the tenant, less 1% a year the landlord may keep for administration; paid yearly, applied to rent, or held in trust until repaid (7-103(2)). For buildings with six or more units the deposit must be in an interest-bearing account (7-103(2-a)).", "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": null, "holding.value": "Held in trust, not mixed with the landlord's own money (7-103(1)). If deposited in a bank with a place of business in New York, the tenant is told in writing the bank's name and address and the amount (7-103(2)); six or more units: an interest-bearing account at a New York bank (7-103(2-a)).", "holding.text": null, "holding.check": null, "penalty.value": "Willful violation: punitive damages of up to twice the deposit (7-108(1-a)(g)).", "penalty.check": null, "scope": "Subdivision 1-a covers the dwelling types it lists and excludes units under the city rent and rehabilitation law or the emergency housing rent control law.", "notes": [], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": true, "unconfirmed": [], "source_titles": [ "New York State Senate: General Obligations Law 7-108", "New York State Senate: General Obligations Law 7-103" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/GOB/7-108", "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/GOB/7-103" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "NC", "jurisdiction": "North Carolina", "statute.cite": "N.C.G.S. 42-50 to 42-56 (Tenant Security Deposit Act)", "statute.url": "https://www.ncleg.gov/enactedlegislation/statutes/html/byarticle/chapter_42/article_6.html", "statute.check": null, "maxDeposit.months": 2, "maxDeposit.none": null, "maxDeposit.text": "Two weeks' rent for week-to-week; one and one-half months for month-to-month; two months for longer terms (42-51).", "maxDeposit.check": null, "returnDeadline.days": 30, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "No later than 30 days after the tenancy ends and possession is delivered: an itemized accounting and the balance. If damage can't be determined, an interim accounting within 30 days and a final one within 60 days (42-52).", "returnDeadline.starts": "the tenancy ends and possession is delivered", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [ { "label": "Final accounting when damage couldn't be determined: 60 days", "days": 60, "unit": "days" } ], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "An itemized list of damages (42-52).", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": false, "interest.text": "None stated in N.C.G.S. Chapter 42, Article 6.", "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": null, "holding.value": "In a trust account with a licensed, federally insured depository institution, or the landlord furnishes a bond; the tenant is told where within 30 days after the lease begins (42-50).", "holding.text": null, "holding.check": null, "penalty.value": "Willful failure to follow the deposit, bond or notice rules voids the right to keep any part; the court may award attorney fees (42-55).", "penalty.check": null, "scope": null, "notes": [], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": true, "unconfirmed": [], "source_titles": [ "North Carolina General Assembly: Chapter 42, Article 6" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.ncleg.gov/enactedlegislation/statutes/html/byarticle/chapter_42/article_6.html" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "ND", "jurisdiction": "North Dakota", "statute.cite": "N.D.C.C. 47-16-07.1", "statute.url": "https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t47c16.pdf", "statute.check": null, "maxDeposit.months": 1, "maxDeposit.none": null, "maxDeposit.text": "No more than one month's rent; up to two months for a tenant with certain felony convictions or a prior rental-agreement judgment. A separate pet deposit may not exceed the greater of $2,500 or two months' rent (47-16-07.1(1)-(2)).", "maxDeposit.check": null, "returnDeadline.days": 30, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "Within 30 days after the lease ends and the tenant delivers possession: the deposit and interest, with any withholding itemized (47-16-07.1(3)).", "returnDeadline.starts": "the lease ends and possession is delivered", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "An itemization of amounts withheld, delivered or mailed to the tenant's last address (47-16-07.1(3)).", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": true, "interest.text": "Interest accrued in the account goes to the tenant, except when occupancy was less than nine months (47-16-07.1(1)).", "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": null, "holding.value": "In a federally insured interest-bearing savings or checking account for the benefit of the tenant (47-16-07.1(1)).", "holding.text": null, "holding.check": null, "penalty.value": "Treble damages for deposit money withheld without reasonable justification (47-16-07.1(4)).", "penalty.check": null, "scope": null, "notes": [], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": true, "unconfirmed": [], "source_titles": [ "North Dakota Legislative Branch: Century Code chapter 47-16" ], "source_urls": [ "https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t47c16.pdf" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "OH", "jurisdiction": "Ohio", "statute.cite": "Ohio Rev. Code 5321.16", "statute.url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-5321.16", "statute.check": null, "maxDeposit.months": null, "maxDeposit.none": true, "maxDeposit.text": "No maximum in 5321.16.", "maxDeposit.check": null, "returnDeadline.days": 30, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "Within 30 days after the rental agreement ends and possession is delivered: the balance with an itemized written notice, sent to the forwarding address the tenant gives in writing (5321.16(B)).", "returnDeadline.starts": "the agreement ends and possession is delivered", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "An itemized written notice of deductions (5321.16(B)).", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": true, "interest.text": "5% a year on the part of the deposit above $50 or one month's rent, whichever is greater, if the tenant stays six months or more; computed and paid yearly (5321.16(A)).", "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": null, "holding.value": "None stated in 5321.16.", "holding.text": null, "holding.check": null, "penalty.value": "The money owed plus damages equal to the amount wrongfully withheld and reasonable attorney fees; not available to a tenant who gave no forwarding address (5321.16(C)).", "penalty.check": null, "scope": null, "notes": [], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": true, "unconfirmed": [], "source_titles": [ "Ohio Laws: Revised Code 5321.16" ], "source_urls": [ "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-5321.16" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "OK", "jurisdiction": "Oklahoma", "statute.cite": "41 O.S. 115", "statute.url": "https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os41.pdf", "statute.check": null, "maxDeposit.months": null, "maxDeposit.none": null, "maxDeposit.text": null, "maxDeposit.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check 41 O.S. 115.", "returnDeadline.days": 45, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "Within 45 days after the tenancy ends, possession is delivered and the tenant makes a written demand: the balance, without interest, with deductions itemized in a written statement sent by mail, return receipt requested (115(B)).", "returnDeadline.starts": "the tenancy ends, possession is delivered and the tenant makes a written demand", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "A written statement itemizing deductions, delivered by mail with return receipt requested (115(B)).", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": false, "interest.text": "Returned without interest (115(B)).", "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": null, "holding.value": "In an escrow account for the tenant, in Oklahoma, with a federally insured financial institution (115(A)).", "holding.text": null, "holding.check": null, "penalty.value": "Misappropriating escrowed deposits is a crime (up to six months in county jail and a fine of up to twice the amount) (115(A)). The section read sets no civil multiple.", "penalty.check": null, "scope": null, "notes": [ "If the tenant doesn't make a written demand within six months after the tenancy ends, the deposit reverts to the landlord (115(B))." ], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": false, "unconfirmed": [ "maxDeposit" ], "source_titles": [ "Oklahoma Legislature: Title 41 (complete title PDF)" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os41.pdf" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "OR", "jurisdiction": "Oregon", "statute.cite": "ORS 90.300", "statute.url": "https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors090.html", "statute.check": null, "maxDeposit.months": null, "maxDeposit.none": true, "maxDeposit.text": "No maximum in 90.300; it limits new or increased deposits during the first year (90.300(5)).", "maxDeposit.check": null, "returnDeadline.days": 31, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "Not later than 31 days after the tenancy ends and the tenant delivers possession: a written accounting of any claim and the balance, by personal delivery, first-class mail or, where allowed, email (90.300(12)-(14)).", "returnDeadline.starts": "the tenancy ends and possession is delivered", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "A written accounting that states specifically the basis of each claim, separate for the deposit and prepaid rent (90.300(12)).", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": null, "interest.text": null, "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check ORS 90.300.", "holding.value": "The landlord gives a receipt and holds the deposit for the tenant (90.300(2)(a)); no account type is named.", "holding.text": null, "holding.check": null, "penalty.value": "Twice the amount withheld without a written accounting or in bad faith (90.300(16)).", "penalty.check": null, "scope": null, "notes": [], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": false, "unconfirmed": [ "interest" ], "source_titles": [ "Oregon Legislature: ORS chapter 90 (90.300)" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors090.html" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "PA", "jurisdiction": "Pennsylvania", "statute.cite": "Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951, sections 511.1 to 512", "statute.url": "https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/US/HTM/1951/0/0020.005.000.012.000..HTM", "statute.check": null, "maxDeposit.months": 2, "maxDeposit.none": null, "maxDeposit.text": "No more than two months' rent in the first year; no more than one month's rent from the second year on; no increase with rent after five years (511.1).", "maxDeposit.check": null, "returnDeadline.days": 30, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "Within 30 days after the lease ends or the premises are surrendered and accepted, whichever is first: a written list of damages with the balance (512).", "returnDeadline.starts": "the lease ends or the premises are surrendered and accepted", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "A written list of any damages, with payment of the balance (512(a)). The tenant gives a new address in writing (512(e)).", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": true, "interest.text": "For deposits over $100, from the second anniversary of the deposit: interest to the tenant each year, less 1% a year the landlord may keep (511.2).", "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": null, "holding.value": "Over $100: in an escrow account at a regulated institution, with written notice of its name and address, or a bond instead (511.2, 511.3).", "holding.text": null, "holding.check": null, "penalty.value": "Double the amount by which the deposit exceeds actual damages; missing the list forfeits the right to withhold (512(b)-(c)).", "penalty.check": null, "scope": null, "notes": [], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": true, "unconfirmed": [], "source_titles": [ "Pennsylvania General Assembly: Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951, section 512", "Pennsylvania General Assembly: Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951 (full act PDF)" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/US/HTM/1951/0/0020.005.000.012.000..HTM", "https://www.legis.state.pa.us/wu01/li/li/us/pdf/1951/0/0020..pdf" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "RI", "jurisdiction": "Rhode Island", "statute.cite": "R.I. Gen. Laws 34-18-19", "statute.url": "https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/statutes/title34/34-18/34-18-19.HTM", "statute.check": null, "maxDeposit.months": 1, "maxDeposit.none": null, "maxDeposit.text": "No more than one month's periodic rent (34-18-19(a)).", "maxDeposit.check": null, "returnDeadline.days": 20, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "Within 20 days after the latest of: the tenancy ends, possession is delivered, or the tenant gives a forwarding address (34-18-19(b)).", "returnDeadline.starts": "the latest of the tenancy ending, possession delivered, or a forwarding address given", "returnDeadline.addressStart": true, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "Deductions itemized in a written notice delivered to the tenant (34-18-19(b)).", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": null, "interest.text": null, "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check R.I. Gen. Laws 34-18-19.", "holding.value": null, "holding.text": null, "holding.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check R.I. Gen. Laws 34-18-19.", "penalty.value": "Twice the amount wrongfully withheld, plus reasonable attorney fees (34-18-19(c)).", "penalty.check": null, "scope": null, "notes": [], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": false, "unconfirmed": [ "interest", "holding" ], "source_titles": [ "Rhode Island General Assembly: 34-18-19, Security deposits" ], "source_urls": [ "https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/statutes/title34/34-18/34-18-19.HTM" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "SC", "jurisdiction": "South Carolina", "statute.cite": "S.C. Code 27-40-410", "statute.url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t27c040.php", "statute.check": null, "maxDeposit.months": null, "maxDeposit.none": true, "maxDeposit.text": "No maximum in 27-40-410.", "maxDeposit.check": null, "returnDeadline.days": 30, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "Within 30 days after the tenancy ends, possession is delivered and the tenant asks, or 30 days after the tenant's demand if later (27-40-410(a)).", "returnDeadline.starts": "the tenancy ends, possession is delivered and the tenant asks", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "Deductions itemized in a written notice with the amount due (27-40-410(a)). The tenant gives a forwarding address in writing.", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": null, "interest.text": null, "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check S.C. Code 27-40-410.", "holding.value": null, "holding.text": null, "holding.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check S.C. Code 27-40-410.", "penalty.value": "Three times the amount wrongfully withheld, plus reasonable attorney fees (27-40-410(b)).", "penalty.check": null, "scope": null, "notes": [], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": false, "unconfirmed": [ "interest", "holding" ], "source_titles": [ "South Carolina Legislature: Code Title 27, Chapter 40" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t27c040.php" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "SD", "jurisdiction": "South Dakota", "statute.cite": "SDCL 43-32-6.1 and 43-32-24", "statute.url": "https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/43-32-24.html?all=true", "statute.check": null, "maxDeposit.months": 1, "maxDeposit.none": null, "maxDeposit.text": "No more than one month's rent, unless both agree to more because special conditions pose a danger to the premises (43-32-6.1).", "maxDeposit.check": null, "returnDeadline.days": 21, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "Within 21 days after the tenancy ends: the deposit, or a written statement of the specific reason for withholding. On request, an itemized accounting within 45 days (43-32-24).", "returnDeadline.starts": "the tenancy ends", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [ { "label": "Itemized accounting, if the tenant asks: 45 days", "days": 45, "unit": "days" } ], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "A written statement of the specific reason; an itemized accounting within 45 days if the tenant asks (43-32-24).", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": null, "interest.text": null, "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check SDCL 43-32-24.", "holding.value": null, "holding.text": null, "holding.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check SDCL 43-32-24.", "penalty.value": "Not complying forfeits all rights to withhold; bad faith adds punitive damages of up to $200 (43-32-24).", "penalty.check": null, "scope": null, "notes": [], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": false, "unconfirmed": [ "interest", "holding" ], "source_titles": [ "South Dakota Legislature: 43-32-24, Return of security deposit", "South Dakota Legislature: Chapter 43-32 (43-32-6.1)" ], "source_urls": [ "https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/43-32-24.html?all=true", "https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/43-32.html?all=true" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "TN", "jurisdiction": "Tennessee", "statute.cite": null, "statute.url": null, "statute.check": "Check Tenn. Code 66-28-301 (the General Assembly links to the official publisher).", "maxDeposit.months": null, "maxDeposit.none": null, "maxDeposit.text": null, "maxDeposit.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check Tenn. Code 66-28-301 (the General Assembly links to the official publisher).", "returnDeadline.days": null, "returnDeadline.unit": null, "returnDeadline.text": null, "returnDeadline.starts": null, "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [], "returnDeadline.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check Tenn. Code 66-28-301 (the General Assembly links to the official publisher).", "itemizedStatement.value": null, "itemizedStatement.text": null, "itemizedStatement.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check Tenn. Code 66-28-301 (the General Assembly links to the official publisher).", "interest.value": null, "interest.text": null, "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check Tenn. Code 66-28-301 (the General Assembly links to the official publisher).", "holding.value": null, "holding.text": null, "holding.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check Tenn. Code 66-28-301 (the General Assembly links to the official publisher).", "penalty.value": null, "penalty.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check Tenn. Code 66-28-301 (the General Assembly links to the official publisher).", "scope": null, "notes": [], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": false, "unconfirmed": [ "statute", "maxDeposit", "returnDeadline", "itemizedStatement", "interest", "holding", "penalty" ], "source_titles": [], "source_urls": [], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "TX", "jurisdiction": "Texas", "statute.cite": "Tex. Prop. Code 92.103, 92.104, 92.107, 92.109", "statute.url": null, "statute.check": "The Legislature's statute pages didn't load for us; the facts below come from the Texas State Law Library.", "maxDeposit.months": null, "maxDeposit.none": null, "maxDeposit.text": null, "maxDeposit.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check Tex. Prop. Code chapter 92, subchapter C.", "returnDeadline.days": 30, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "On or before the 30th day after the tenant surrenders the premises (92.103). The landlord doesn't have to send it or the list until the tenant gives a written forwarding address (92.107).", "returnDeadline.starts": "the tenant surrenders the premises", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "An itemized list of all deductions (92.104).", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": null, "interest.text": null, "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check Tex. Prop. Code chapter 92.", "holding.value": null, "holding.text": null, "holding.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check Tex. Prop. Code chapter 92.", "penalty.value": "Three times the part wrongfully withheld, plus other amounts, when withheld in bad faith (92.109).", "penalty.check": null, "scope": null, "notes": [], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": false, "unconfirmed": [ "maxDeposit", "interest", "holding" ], "source_titles": [ "Texas State Law Library: Landlord/Tenant Law, Security Deposits" ], "source_urls": [ "https://guides.sll.texas.gov/landlord-tenant-law/security-deposits" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "UT", "jurisdiction": "Utah", "statute.cite": "Utah Code 57-17-3", "statute.url": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title57/Chapter17/C57-17-S3_2025050720250507.html", "statute.check": null, "maxDeposit.months": null, "maxDeposit.none": true, "maxDeposit.text": "No maximum in 57-17-3.", "maxDeposit.check": null, "returnDeadline.days": 30, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "No later than 30 days after the renter vacates and returns possession: the balance with a written itemization (57-17-3(2)).", "returnDeadline.starts": "the renter vacates and returns possession", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "A written notice that itemizes and explains the reason for each deduction (57-17-3(2)(c)).", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": false, "interest.text": "None stated in Utah Code 57-17-3.", "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": null, "holding.value": "None stated in 57-17-3.", "holding.text": null, "holding.check": null, "penalty.value": null, "penalty.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check Utah Code 57-17-5.", "scope": null, "notes": [], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": false, "unconfirmed": [ "penalty" ], "source_titles": [ "Utah Legislature: Utah Code 57-17-3 (effective 5/7/2025)" ], "source_urls": [ "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title57/Chapter17/C57-17-S3_2025050720250507.html" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "VT", "jurisdiction": "Vermont", "statute.cite": "9 V.S.A. 4461", "statute.url": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/09/137/04461", "statute.check": null, "maxDeposit.months": null, "maxDeposit.none": true, "maxDeposit.text": "No maximum in 4461.", "maxDeposit.check": null, "returnDeadline.days": 14, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "Within 14 days from the date the landlord discovers the tenant vacated or abandoned the unit (or from the move-out date the tenant told the landlord), with a written itemized statement. Seasonal, non-primary rentals: 60 days (4461(c)).", "returnDeadline.starts": "the tenant vacates", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [ { "label": "Seasonal rental that isn't a primary residence: 60 days", "days": 60, "unit": "days" } ], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "A written statement itemizing any deductions (4461(c)).", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": false, "interest.text": "None in 4461; a municipal ordinance may authorize interest (4461(g)).", "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": null, "holding.value": "None in 4461; a municipal ordinance may not limit how a deposit is held (4461(g)).", "holding.text": null, "holding.check": null, "penalty.value": "Missing the deadline forfeits the right to withhold; willful failure: double the amount wrongfully withheld, plus reasonable attorney fees and costs (4461(e)).", "penalty.check": null, "scope": null, "notes": [], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": true, "unconfirmed": [], "source_titles": [ "Vermont General Assembly: 9 V.S.A. 4461, Security deposits" ], "source_urls": [ "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/09/137/04461" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "VA", "jurisdiction": "Virginia", "statute.cite": "Va. Code 55.1-1226", "statute.url": "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title55.1/chapter12/section55.1-1226/", "statute.check": null, "maxDeposit.months": 2, "maxDeposit.none": null, "maxDeposit.text": "No more than two months' periodic rent (55.1-1226(A)).", "maxDeposit.check": null, "returnDeadline.days": 45, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "Within 45 days after the termination date of the tenancy or the date the tenant vacates, whichever is later, with deductions itemized in a written notice; 15 more days to itemize repair costs when a third-party contractor is needed and the tenant is told within the 45 days (55.1-1226(A), (E)).", "returnDeadline.starts": "the tenancy's termination date or the date the tenant vacates, whichever is later", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "Deductions itemized in a written notice with any refund (55.1-1226(A)); the tenant may ask to attend the move-out inspection, held within 72 hours of delivering possession (55.1-1226(G)). A written move-in inspection report is due within five days after occupancy (55.1-1214(A)).", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": false, "interest.text": "None stated in Va. Code 55.1-1226.", "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": null, "holding.value": "None stated in 55.1-1226 for ordinary deposits; with no forwarding address, the landlord may hold the deposit in escrow (55.1-1226(B)).", "holding.text": null, "holding.check": null, "penalty.value": "Willful failure to comply: the court orders return of the deposit plus actual damages and reasonable attorney fees (55.1-1226(A)).", "penalty.check": null, "scope": null, "notes": [ "The landlord keeps itemized records of deposit deductions for the past two years, open to the tenant (55.1-1226(F))." ], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": true, "unconfirmed": [], "source_titles": [ "Code of Virginia (Legislative Information System): 55.1-1226, Security deposits", "Virginia DHCD: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act handbook (effective July 1, 2026)" ], "source_urls": [ "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title55.1/chapter12/section55.1-1226/", "https://www.dhcd.virginia.gov/sites/default/files/DocX/landlord-tenant/landlord-tenant-handbook-final.pdf" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "WA", "jurisdiction": "Washington", "statute.cite": "RCW 59.18.260, 59.18.270, 59.18.280", "statute.url": "https://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=59.18.280", "statute.check": null, "maxDeposit.months": null, "maxDeposit.none": true, "maxDeposit.text": "No maximum in 59.18.260. A deposit requires a written rental agreement and a signed move-in checklist (59.18.260(1)-(3)).", "maxDeposit.check": null, "returnDeadline.days": 30, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "Within 30 days after the rental agreement ends and the tenant vacates (or the landlord learns of abandonment): a full and specific statement of the basis for keeping any of the deposit, with any refund, delivered personally or by first-class mail (59.18.280(1)).", "returnDeadline.starts": "the agreement ends and the tenant vacates", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "A full and specific statement of the basis for keeping any part, with estimates or invoices for damage charges; for the landlord's own repairs, materials, time and hourly rate (59.18.280(1)).", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": false, "interest.text": "Interest on the trust account belongs to the landlord unless the parties agree otherwise in writing (59.18.270).", "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": null, "holding.value": "In a trust account at a financial institution or with a licensed escrow agent in Washington; the tenant gets a written receipt and written notice of the depository's name, address and location (59.18.270).", "holding.text": null, "holding.check": null, "penalty.value": "Missing the deadline makes the landlord liable for the full deposit; up to twice the deposit for intentional refusal; costs and attorney fees to the prevailing party (59.18.280(2)). Collecting a deposit without the move-in checklist makes the landlord liable for the deposit amount (59.18.260(5)).", "penalty.check": null, "scope": null, "notes": [ "No deduction for ordinary wear and tear, for carpet cleaning unless wear exceeds ordinary use, or for items whose condition wasn't on the move-in checklist (59.18.280(1))." ], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": true, "unconfirmed": [], "source_titles": [ "Washington State Legislature: RCW 59.18.260, Deposits, written agreement and checklist", "Washington State Legislature: RCW 59.18.270, Deposits in trust account, receipt", "Washington State Legislature: RCW 59.18.280, Return of deposit" ], "source_urls": [ "https://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=59.18.260", "https://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=59.18.270", "https://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=59.18.280" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "WV", "jurisdiction": "West Virginia", "statute.cite": "W. Va. Code 37-6A-1, 37-6A-2, 37-6A-5", "statute.url": "https://code.wvlegislature.gov/37-6A-2/", "statute.check": null, "maxDeposit.months": null, "maxDeposit.none": true, "maxDeposit.text": "No maximum in article 37-6A.", "maxDeposit.check": null, "returnDeadline.days": 60, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "Within 60 days after the tenancy ends, or 45 days after a new tenant occupies the unit, whichever is shorter, with a written itemization; 15 more days to itemize repair costs when repairs are needed (37-6A-1(7), 37-6A-2).", "returnDeadline.starts": "the tenancy ends", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [ { "label": "If a new tenant moves in sooner: 45 days after that move-in", "days": 45, "unit": "days" } ], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "A written itemization of damages and other charges (37-6A-2(a)).", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": null, "interest.text": "Not addressed in article 37-6A.", "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": null, "holding.value": null, "holding.text": null, "holding.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check W. Va. Code 37-6A.", "penalty.value": "Willful or bad-faith noncompliance: the deposit plus one and one-half times the amount wrongfully withheld (37-6A-5(a)).", "penalty.check": null, "scope": null, "notes": [], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": false, "unconfirmed": [ "holding" ], "source_titles": [ "West Virginia Legislature: Code 37-6A-2", "West Virginia Legislature: Code article 37-6A" ], "source_urls": [ "https://code.wvlegislature.gov/37-6A-2/", "https://code.wvlegislature.gov/email/37-6A/" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "WI", "jurisdiction": "Wisconsin", "statute.cite": "Wis. Stat. 704.28 and Wis. Admin. Code ATCP 134.06", "statute.url": "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/704/28?view=section", "statute.check": null, "maxDeposit.months": null, "maxDeposit.none": null, "maxDeposit.text": null, "maxDeposit.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check Wis. Stat. 704.28 and ATCP 134.06.", "returnDeadline.days": 21, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "Within 21 days after: the rental agreement ends (tenant leaves on time); the agreement's end, or the new tenant's start if re-rented sooner (tenant leaves early); or the date the landlord learns the tenant left (tenant leaves late) (704.28(4)).", "returnDeadline.starts": "the rental agreement ends", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": null, "itemizedStatement.text": null, "itemizedStatement.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check Wis. Admin. Code ATCP 134.06(4) (the statute's annotation points there).", "interest.value": null, "interest.text": null, "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check ATCP 134.06.", "holding.value": null, "holding.text": null, "holding.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check ATCP 134.06.", "penalty.value": null, "penalty.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check Wis. Stat. 100.20(5) and ATCP 134.", "scope": null, "notes": [], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": false, "unconfirmed": [ "maxDeposit", "itemizedStatement", "interest", "holding", "penalty" ], "source_titles": [ "Wisconsin Legislature: Wis. Stat. 704.28" ], "source_urls": [ "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/704/28?view=section" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "WY", "jurisdiction": "Wyoming", "statute.cite": "W.S. 1-21-1208", "statute.url": null, "statute.check": "The facts below come from the Wyoming Judicial Branch form instructions, which quote 1-21-1208.", "maxDeposit.months": null, "maxDeposit.none": null, "maxDeposit.text": null, "maxDeposit.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check W.S. 1-21-1207 and 1-21-1208.", "returnDeadline.days": 30, "returnDeadline.unit": "days", "returnDeadline.text": "Within 30 days after the rental agreement ends, or within 15 days after the owner receives the renter's new mailing address, whichever is later; 30 more days if there is damage to the unit (1-21-1208(a)).", "returnDeadline.starts": "the rental agreement ends", "returnDeadline.addressStart": false, "returnDeadline.noneStated": null, "returnDeadline.alt": [ { "label": "If the mailing address arrives later: 15 days after it's received", "days": 15, "unit": "days" }, { "label": "If there is damage to the unit: 60 days", "days": 60, "unit": "days" } ], "returnDeadline.check": null, "itemizedStatement.value": true, "itemizedStatement.text": "A written itemization of any deductions with the reasons (1-21-1208(a)).", "itemizedStatement.check": null, "interest.value": false, "interest.text": "The balance is returned without interest (1-21-1208(a)).", "interest.rate2026": null, "interest.rateUrl": null, "interest.check": null, "holding.value": null, "holding.text": null, "holding.check": "Not confirmed from official text. Check W.S. 1-21-1207 and 1-21-1208.", "penalty.value": "If the owner unreasonably fails to comply, the renter may recover the full deposit and court costs (1-21-1208(c)).", "penalty.check": null, "scope": null, "notes": [ "A separately identified utilities deposit has its own timeline (1-21-1208(b)).", "The renter tells the owner within 30 days after the agreement ends where to send the payment and notice (1-21-1208(a))." ], "staleSource": null, "fullyConfirmed": false, "unconfirmed": [ "maxDeposit", "holding" ], "source_titles": [ "Wyoming Judicial Branch: TENANT 05, Instructions for Request for Return of Deposit (revised September 2024)" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.wyocourts.gov/app/uploads/2025/03/TENANT-05-Instructions-for-Request-for-Return-of-Deposit-09-24.pdf" ], "checked": "2026-11-06", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/security-deposit-rules-by-state" } ] }