Below is a table of deadlines for claiming and/or refunding a tenant’s security deposit for all 50 states in the united states. For specific details on your state's procedures for returning security deposits, visit your state's landlord-tenant statutes. Here is a link to the security deposit limits you can collect.
State - Deadline for returning security deposit to tenant
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 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 - 15 days
District of Columbia - 45 days
Florida - 15 to 45 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 deductions were made
Indiana - 45 days
Iowa - 30 days
Kansas - 30 days
Kentucky - 30-60 days depending on whether tenant disputes deductions
Louisiana - 30 days
Maine - 21 days (tenancy at will) or 30 days (written rental agreement)
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
Nebraska - 14 days
Nevada - 30 days
New Hampshire - 30 days
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 - 30 days
Pennsylvania - 30 days
Rhode Island - 20 days
South Carolina - 30 days
South Dakota - two weeks
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 - 30 days
Washington - 14 days
West Virginia - no statutory deadline
Wisconsin - no statutory deadline
Wyoming - no statutory deadline
The Corporate Housing by Owner website provides the information listed above for the convenience of our viewers and is not liable for any of the deadlines stated above.
