When Is Your Deposit Actually Due?
Pick your state and the date you moved out. The calculator applies that state's statute — the deadline, the cap, and the penalty for missing it — and gives you the calendar date.
Run the numbers
Pick your state and the date you vacated to see your deadline.
How it works
- Choose your state — deadlines in this set run from 14 days (New York) to 31 days (Oregon), and Florida runs on a two-track rule.
- Enter the date you vacated and returned possession — every clock in these statutes starts there.
- Read your deadline date plus the penalty rule that switches on if the landlord misses it.
- If the date has already passed, open your state's guide from the directory for the claim process that follows.
The state guides behind this tool — with the statute text, the exceptions, and the claim process — are in the Deposit Deadlines by State directory.
State guides behind this calculator
Each guide states the statute, the exceptions, and the claim process for its state:
- California security deposit return deadline guide
- Texas security deposit return deadline guide
- Florida security deposit return deadline guide
- New York security deposit return deadline guide
- Washington security deposit return deadline guide
- Oregon security deposit return deadline guide
- Colorado security deposit return deadline guide
Facts verified against official state sources 2026-10-23. This tool gives general process information, not legal advice.
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