| STATES | Be sure to read the page for your state from the State Menu on this website, above. |
| Alabama | Must Notify Tenant Within: 60 days after termination of tenancy and delivery of possession |
| Alaska | Must Notify Tenant Within: 14 days if the tenant gives proper notice to terminate tenancy; 30 days if the tenant does not give proper notice or if the landlord has deducted amounts needed to remedy damage caused by tenant’s failure to maintain the property |
| Arizona | Must Notify Tenant Within: 14 days; tenant has the right to be present at the final inspection. |
| Arkansas | Must Notify Tenant Within: 60 days |
| California | Must Notify Tenant Within: 21 days |
| Colorado | Must Notify Tenant Within: One month, unless lease agreement specifies a 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 the tenant to vacate |
| Connecticut | Must Notify Tenant Within: 30 days, or within 15 days of receiving tenant’s forwarding address, whichever is later |
| Delaware | Must Notify Tenant Within: 20 days |
| District of Columbia | Must Notify Tenant Within: 45 days |
| Florida | Must Notify Tenant Within: 15 to 60 days depending on whether tenant disputes deductions |
| Georgia | Must Notify Tenant Within: One month |
| Hawaii | Must Notify Tenant Within: 14 days |
| Idaho | Must Notify Tenant Within: 21 days, or up to 30 days if landlord and tenant agree |
| Illinois | Must Notify Tenant Within: For properties with five or more units, 30 to 45 days, depending on whether tenant disputes deductions or if statement and receipts are furnished |
| Indiana | Must Notify Tenant Within: 45 days |
| Iowa | Must Notify Tenant Within: 30 days |
| Kansas | Must Notify Tenant Within: 30 days |
| Kentucky | Must Notify Tenant Within: 30-60 days, depending on whether tenant disputes deductions |
| Louisiana | Must Notify Tenant Within: One month |
| Maine | Must Notify Tenant Within: 30 days (if written rental agreement) or 21 days (if tenancy at will) |
| Maryland | Must Notify Tenant Within: 45 days |
| Massachusetts | Must Notify Tenant Within: 30 days |
| Michigan | Must Notify Tenant Within: 30 days |
| Minnesota | Must Notify Tenant Within: Three weeks after tenant leaves, and landlord receives mailing address; five days if tenant must leave due to building condemnation |
| Mississippi | Must Notify Tenant Within: 45 days |
| Missouri | Must Notify Tenant Within: 30 days |
| Montana | Must Notify Tenant Within: 30 days (10 days if no deductions) |
| Nebraska | Must Notify Tenant Within: 14 days |
| Nevada | Must Notify Tenant Within: 30 days |
| New Hampshire | Must Notify Tenant Within: 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 | Must Notify Tenant Within: 30 days; five days in case of fire, flood, condemnation, or evacuation |
| New Mexico | Must Notify Tenant Within: 30 days |
| New York | Must Notify Tenant Within: Reasonable time |
| North Carolina | Must Notify Tenant Within: 30 days; if landlord’s claim against the deposit cannot be finalized within that time, landlord may send an interim accounting and a final accounting within 60 days of the tenancy’s termination |
| North Dakota | Must Notify Tenant Within: 30 days |
| Ohio | Must Notify Tenant Within: 30 days |
| Oklahoma | Must Notify Tenant Within: 45 days |
| Oregon | Must Notify Tenant Within: 31 days |
| Pennsylvania | Must Notify Tenant Within: 30 days |
| Rhode Island | Must Notify Tenant Within: 20 days |
| South Carolina | Must Notify Tenant Within: 30 days |
| South Dakota | Must Notify Tenant Within: Two weeks, and must supply reasons if withholding any portion; 45 days for a written, itemized accounting, if tenant requests it |
| Tennessee | Has no statutory deadline to return. Contact us ASAP. |
| Texas | Must Notify Tenant Within: 30 days. Landlord can keep your deposit if the lease requires, and you don’t give written notice you’re moving. |
| Utah | Must Notify Tenant Within: 30 days |
| Vermont | Must Notify Tenant Within: 14 days; 60 days if the rental is seasonal, not tenant’s primary residence |
| Virginia | Must Notify Tenant Within: 45 days. Lease can provide for expedited processing and specify an administrative fee for such processing, which will apply only if tenant requests it with a separate written document. Landlord must give tenant written notice of tenant’s right to be present at a final inspection. |
| Washington | Must Notify Tenant Within: 21 days |
| West Virginia | Must Notify Tenant Within: 60 days from the date the tenancy has terminated, or within 45 days of the occupancy of a subsequent tenant, whichever is shorter. If the damage exceeds the amount of the security deposit and the landlord has to hire a contractor to fix it, the notice period is extended 15 days. |
| Wisconsin | Must Notify Tenant Within: 21 days |
| Wyoming | Must Notify Tenant Within: 30 days, when applying it to unpaid rent (or within 15 days of receiving tenant’s forwarding address, whichever is later); additional 30 days allowed for deductions due to damage |
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