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Chart: Deadline for Returning Security Deposits, State-by-State
State deadlines for itemizing and returning tenants' security deposits.
Here's the amount of time landlords have to return a tenant's security deposit after the tenant leaves. For details on your state's specific procedures for returning security deposits, see your state's landlord-tenant statutes.
| State | Deadline for Returning Security Deposit | | Alabama | No statutory deadline | | Alaska | 14 days if the tenant gives proper notice to terminate tenancy; 30 days if the tenant does not give proper notice | | Arizona | 14 days | | Arkansas | 30 days | | California | Three weeks | | Colorado | One month, unless lease agreement specifies longer period of time (which may be no more than 60 days); 72 hours (not counting weekends or holidays) if a hazardous condition involving gas equipment requires tenant to vacate | | Connecticut | 30 days, or within 15 days of receiving tenant's forwarding address, whichever is later | | Delaware | 20 days | | District of Columbia | 45 days | | Florida | 15 to 60 days depending on whether tenant disputes deductions | | Georgia | One month | | Hawaii | 14 days | | Idaho | 21 days, or up to 30 days if landlord and tenant agree | | Illinois | 30-45 days, depending on whether tenant disputes deductions | | Indiana | 45 days | | Iowa | 30 days | | Kansas | 30 days | | Kentucky | 30-60 days, depending on whether tenant disputes deductions | | Louisiana | One month | | Maine | 30 days (if written rental agreement) or 21 days (if tenancy at will) | | Maryland | 30-45 days, depending on whether tenant has been evicted or has abandoned the premises | | Massachusetts | 30 days | | Michigan | 30 days | | Minnesota | Three weeks after tenant leaves, and landlord receives mailing address; five days if tenant must leave due to building condemnation | | Mississippi | 45 days | | Missouri | 30 days | | Montana | 30 days (10 days if no deductions) | | Nebraska | 14 days | | Nevada | 30 days | | New Hampshire | 30 days; for shared facilities, if the deposit is more than 30 days' rent, landlord must provide written agreement acknowledging receipt and specifying when deposit will be returned -- if no written agreement, 20 days after tenant vacates | | New Jersey | 30 days; five days in case of fire, flood, condemnation, or evacuation | | New Mexico | 30 days | | New York | Reasonable time | | North Carolina | 30 days | | North Dakota | 30 days | | Ohio | 30 days | | Oklahoma | 30 days | | Oregon | 31 days | | Pennsylvania | 30 days | | Rhode Island | 20 days | | South Carolina | 30 days | | South Dakota | Two weeks to return entire deposit or a portion, and supply reasons for withholding; 45 days for a written, itemized accounting, if tenant requests it | | Tennessee | No statutory deadline | | Texas | 30 days | | Utah | 30 days, or within 15 days of receiving tenant's forwarding address, whichever is later | | Vermont | 14 days | | Virginia | 45 days | | Washington | 14 days | | West Virginia | No statutory deadline | | Wisconsin | 21 days | | Wyoming | 30 days, or within 15 days of receiving tenant's forwarding address, whichever is later; 60 days if there is damage |
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