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All 50 states and DC

Residential lease laws by state

Deposit limits, return deadlines, late fee caps, entry notice, eviction timelines, and required disclosures — each stated in plain English with the statute it comes from. These are the same rules Landy applies when it builds your lease.

Choose your state

StateSecurity deposit limitDeposit return
Alabamaone month's rent60 days
Alaskatwo months' rent30 days
Arizonaone and one-half months' rent14 days
Arkansastwo months' rent60 days
Californiaone month's rent21 days
Coloradoone month's rent30 days
Connecticuttwo months' rent21 days
Delawareone month's rent20 days
District of Columbiaone month's rent45 days
FloridaNo statutory limit30 days
Georgiatwo months' rent30 days
Hawaiione month's rent14 days
IdahoNo statutory limit21 days
IllinoisNo statutory limit45 days
IndianaNo statutory limit45 days
Iowatwo months' rent30 days
Kansasone month's rent30 days
KentuckyNo statutory limit30 days
LouisianaNo statutory limit30 days
Mainetwo months' rent30 days
Marylandone month's rent45 days
Massachusettsone month's rent30 days
Michiganone and one-half months' rent30 days
MinnesotaNo statutory limit21 days
MississippiNo statutory limit45 days
Missouritwo months' rent30 days
MontanaNo statutory limit30 days
Nebraskaone month's rent14 days
Nevadathree months' rent30 days
New Hampshireone month's rent30 days
New Jerseyone and one-half months' rent30 days
New Mexicoone month's rent30 days
New Yorkone month's rent14 days
North Carolinatwo months' rent30 days
North Dakotaone month's rent30 days
OhioNo statutory limit30 days
OklahomaNo statutory limit45 days
OregonNo statutory limit31 days
Pennsylvaniatwo months' rent30 days
Rhode Islandone month's rent20 days
South CarolinaNo statutory limit30 days
South Dakotaone month's rent14 days
TennesseeNo statutory limit30 days
TexasNo statutory limit30 days
UtahNo statutory limit30 days
VermontNo statutory limit14 days
Virginiatwo months' rent45 days
WashingtonNo statutory limit30 days
West VirginiaNo statutory limit60 days
WisconsinNo statutory limit21 days
WyomingNo statutory limit30 days

General information, not legal advice. Landy is a self-help document service, not a law firm. Local ordinances can add requirements and statutes change — have a licensed attorney in the property's state review your lease before you rely on it.