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DEADLINE FOR STATES RETURNING SECURITY DEPOSITS
State Security Deposit Return Timeline |
Alabama - 35 days after termination of tenancy and delivery of possession |
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 - 60 days |
California - 21 days |
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 -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 - 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 - 45 days |
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; does not apply to owner-occupied building with two or fewer units where tenant fails to provide 30 days' written notice to landlord invoking provisions of act |
New Mexico - 30 days |
New York -Reasonable time |
North Carolina - 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 - 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, and must supply reasons if withholding any portion; 45 days for a written, itemized accounting, if tenant requests it |
Tennessee No statutory deadline to return; 10 days to itemize |
Texas - 30 days |
Utah - 30 days, or within 15 days of receiving tenant's forwarding address, whichever is later, but if there is damage to the premises, 30 days |
Vermont - 14 days; 60 days if the rental is seasonal and not intended as the tenant's primary residence |
Virginia - 45 days |
Washington - 14 days |
West Virginia - 30 days |
Wisconsin - 21 days |
Wyoming - 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. |
WHAT ARE THE RULES FOR RETURNING SECURITYDEPOSITS?
A security deposit is the money amounting to one or two months’ rent paid by the tenant to the landlord at the time they sign the lease contract and placed in an escrow account for use in case the tenant causes damage to the premises or fails to pay rent.
HOW TO APPLY FOR A HOUSING GRANT
You have to be any of the following in order to qualify for a housing grant: 1) single mother; 2) an elderly, 3) a disabled, 4) have a large family with minor children and low income; 5)family with low income; 6) sick and cannot work.
