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