Security deposit return deadline calculator

Pick the state and the move-out date to get the day the deposit has to go back, with the statute. This is general information, not legal advice.

The day the tenancy ended.

Pick a state and the move-out date.

Deposit return deadlines by state

StateReturn deadlineSource
Alabama60 days after the tenancy endsAla. Code §35-9A-201
Alaska30 days after the tenancy endsAS 34.03.070
Arizona14 business days after the tenancy endsA.R.S. §33-1321
Arkansas60 days after the tenancy endsA.C.A. §18-16-305
California21 days after the tenancy endsCiv. Code §1950.5 (AB 12, 2024)
Colorado30 days after the tenancy endsC.R.S. §38-12-103 (SB23-184)
Connecticut21 days after the tenancy endsC.G.S. §47a-21
Delaware20 days after the tenancy ends25 Del. C. §5514
District of Columbia45 days after the tenancy ends14 DCMR §§308-311
Florida15 days after the tenancy endsFla. Stat. §83.49
Georgia30 days after the tenancy endsO.C.G.A. §44-7-34 (HB 404, 2024)
Hawaii14 days after the tenancy endsHRS §521-44
Idaho21 days after the tenancy endsIdaho Code §6-321
Illinois45 days after the tenancy ends765 ILCS 710
Indiana45 days after the tenancy endsInd. Code §32-31-3-12
Iowa30 days after the tenancy endsIowa Code §562A.12
Kansas30 days after the tenancy endsK.S.A. §58-2550
Kentucky60 days after the tenancy endsKRS §383.580 (URLTA counties)
Louisiana30 days after the tenancy endsLa. R.S. 9:3251
Maine30 days after the tenancy ends14 M.R.S. §§6032-6038
Maryland45 days after the tenancy endsMd. Real Prop. §8-203
Massachusetts30 days after the tenancy endsM.G.L. c.186 §15B
Michigan30 days after the tenancy endsMCL §§554.602-616
Minnesota21 days after the tenancy endsMinn. Stat. §504B.178
Mississippi45 days after the tenancy endsMiss. Code §89-8-21
Missouri30 days after the tenancy endsMo. Rev. Stat. §535.300
Montana30 days after the tenancy endsMont. Code §70-25-202
Nebraska14 days after the tenancy endsNeb. Rev. Stat. §76-1416
Nevada30 days after the tenancy endsNRS 118A.242
New Hampshire30 days after the tenancy endsRSA 540-A
New Jersey30 days after the tenancy endsN.J.S.A. §46:8-21.1
New Mexico30 days after the tenancy endsN.M. Stat. §47-8-18
New York14 days after the tenancy endsGOL §7-108 (HSTPA 2019)
North Carolina30 days after the tenancy endsN.C.G.S. §§42-50 to 42-56
North Dakota30 days after the tenancy endsN.D.C.C. §47-16-07.1
Ohio30 days after the tenancy endsOhio Rev. Code §5321.16
Oklahoma45 days after the tenancy ends41 O.S. §115
Oregon31 days after the tenancy endsORS 90.300
Pennsylvania30 days after the tenancy ends68 P.S. §250.511
Rhode Island20 days after the tenancy endsR.I.G.L. §34-18-19
South Carolina30 days after the tenancy endsS.C. Code §27-40-410
South Dakota14 days after the tenancy endsSDCL §43-32-6.1
Tennessee30 days after the tenancy endsTenn. Code §66-28-301 (URLTA counties)
Texas30 days after the tenant moves out and gives a forwarding addressTex. Prop. Code §§92.103-92.109
Utah30 days after the tenancy endsUtah Code §§57-17-1 to -5
Vermont14 days after the tenancy ends9 V.S.A. §4461
Virginia45 days after the tenancy endsVa. Code §55.1-1226
Washington21 days after the tenancy endsRCW 59.18.280
West Virginia60 days after the tenancy endsW. Va. Code §37-6A-1
Wisconsin21 days after the tenancy endsWis. Admin. Code ATCP 134.06
Wyoming30 days after the tenancy endsWyo. Stat. §1-21-1208

Data version 2026-08. This is general information, not legal advice. Business days skip weekends and the state’s holidays. Some cities add rules of their own; each state’s page names the places in our data.

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