Chart: Security Deposit Limits, State by State
Learn how much security deposit a landlord can charge in your state.
Here's the limit each state sets on the amount of security deposit landlords can charge. "No statutory limit" means that the state does not specify the amount landlords can charge. For the specific law in your state, see your state's landlord-tenant statutes. Also, be sure to check local rent control or rent regulation rules for any deposit limits.
| State | Limit |
Alabama | No statutory limit |
Alaska | Two months' rent, except where rent exceeds $2,000 per month |
Arizona | One and one-half months' rent (unless tenant voluntarily agrees to pay more) |
Arkansas | Two months' rent |
California | Two months' rent (unfurnished, no waterbed); two and one-half months' rent (unfurnished, tenant has waterbed); three months' rent(furnished, no waterbed); three and one-half months' rent (furnished, tenant has waterbed) |
Colorado | No statutory limit |
Connecticut | Two months' rent (tenant under 62 years of age); one month's rent (tenant 62 years of age or older) |
Delaware | One month's rent on leases for one year or more; no limit for month-to-month rental agreements (may require additional pet deposit of up to one month's rent) |
District of Columbia | One month's rent |
Florida | No statutory limit |
Georgia | No statutory limit |
Hawaii | One month's rent |
Idaho | No statutory limit |
Illinois | No statutory limit |
Indiana | No statutory limit |
Iowa | Two months' rent |
Kansas | One month's rent (unfurnished, no pets); one and one-half months' rent (unfurnished with pets or furnished with no pets) |
Kentucky | No statutory limit |
Louisiana | No statutory limit |
Maine | Two months' rent |
Maryland | Two months' rent |
Massachusetts | One month's rent |
Michigan | One and one-half months' rent |
Minnesota | No statutory limit |
Mississippi | No statutory limit |
Missouri | Two months' rent |
Montana | No statutory limit |
Nebraska | One month's rent (no pets); one and one-quarter months' rent (pets) |
Nevada | Three months' rent |
New Hampshire | One month's rent or $100, whichever is greater; no limit when landlord and tenant share facilities |
New Jersey | One and one-half month's rent |
New Mexico | One month's rent (for rental agreement of less than one year); no limit for leases of one year or more |
New York | No statutory limit (for non-regulated units) |
North Carolina | One and one-half months' rent for month-to-month rental agreements; two months' rent if term is longer than two months |
North Dakota | One month's rent (or $1,500 if tenant has a pet) |
Ohio | No statutory limit |
Oklahoma | No statutory limit |
Oregon | No statutory limit |
Pennsylvania | Two months' rent for first year of renting; one month's rent during second and subsequent years of renting |
Rhode Island | One month's rent |
South Carolina | No statutory limit |
South Dakota | One month's rent (higher deposit may be charged if special conditions pose a danger to maintenance of the premises) |
Tennessee | No statutory limit |
Texas | No statutory limit |
Utah | No statutory limit |
Vermont | No statutory limit |
Virginia | Two months' rent |
Washington | No statutory limit |
West Virginia | No statutory limit |
Wisconsin | No statutory limit |
Wyoming | No statutory limit |
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