Security deposits laws by state

SB 91: To provide that local governmental units shall have no authority to regulate or control the amount charged for a rental application fee or rental deposit for private residential or commercial property.

Local governmental units shall have no authority to regulate or control the amount charged for a rental application fee or rental deposit for private residential or commercial property, except as provided under Arkansas Code Section 18-16-304.

AB 414: Residential tenancies: return of security.

Landlords must return security deposits within 21 calendar days after tenant vacation by personal delivery or check, or if they received security or rental payments electronically, by electronic transfer to a designated bank account unless parties agree otherwise in writing. Landlords must provide itemized statements of deductions and notify tenants of their right to electronic return.

SB 54: Security Deposits & Post-Closing Occupancy Agreements

HB 25-1108: Prohibitions in Rental Agreements Due to Death

Landlords must not enforce rental agreement clauses requiring liquidated damages, accelerated rent beyond the end of the month or ten business days after vacating (whichever is later), refunds of concessions or move-in discounts, or other fees or penalties when a tenant dies and the agreement terminates. Landlords may take possession without eviction after thirty days if rent remains unpaid or substantially all tenant property is removed, or immediately upon notice of surrender from the personal representative.

HB 25-1249: Tenant Security Deposit Protections

Landlords must limit security deposits to one monthly rent payment and permit tenants to pay in installments over at least six months. Landlords must return deposits within thirty days, provide written statements listing exact reasons for any retention, deliver relevant documentation, and conduct walk-through inspections upon tenant request. Landlords cannot retain deposits for normal wear and tear or preexisting damage.

HB 217: An act to amend title 25 of the delaware code relating to key surrender in residential leases.

If a lease requires surrender of rental unit keys as a condition for return of a security deposit, the lease must provide a clear procedure for key surrender and may not require surrender prior to the end of the lease term. If the lease lacks clear procedures, tenants may leave keys in the rental unit or mailbox with written notice to the landlord.

HB 193: An act to amend title 25 of the delaware code relating to the delaware manufactured home relocation trust fund.

Changes the effective date of House Bill No. 193 from the original enactment date to January 1, 2026, to allow the Division of Revenue time to communicate with taxpayers, update forms, and modify the tax system for reporting and collecting the fee.

HB 292: HOUSING: Provides relative to the return of security deposits

SB 22: Housing: landlord and tenants; return of security deposit by electronic transfer; allow. Amends sec. 9 of 1972 PA 348 (MCL 554.609).

Landlords must mail tenants an itemized notice of damages within 30 days after termination of occupancy. Landlords must return the difference between damages claimed and the security deposit held, either by check or money order, or by electronic transfer to a bank account or payment application within 10 days after mailing the notice. The notice must include a specific boldface statement requiring tenant response within 7 days.

S 952: Makes rent stabilized dwelling units eligible for certain protections

Landlords of rent stabilized dwelling units must limit deposits to one month's rent, return deposits within fourteen days with itemized statements, allow pre-occupancy and pre-vacating inspections, and may only retain deposits for unpaid rent, damage beyond normal wear, unpaid utilities, or moving costs. Grantees and assignees of such units remain liable for prior deposits plus accrued interest.

Took effect 15 November 2025

HB 3521: Relating to residential tenancy hold deposits.

A landlord may charge a deposit to an applicant only after approving the application but before executing a rental agreement, and must provide a written statement describing the rent, fees, deposits, agreement terms, and refund conditions. If the landlord fails to execute the agreement, the landlord must send the deposit plus a penalty by first class mail within four days.

SB 4: revise procedures for returning and withholding security deposits for residential premises.

Lessors of residential premises must return security deposits to tenants within twenty-one days after tenancy termination and receipt of mailing address, or provide a written statement showing specific reasons for withholding. Lessors may withhold only amounts reasonably necessary to remedy tenant defaults in rent or other agreed funds, or to restore premises to their initial condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted. Upon request, lessors must provide itemized accounting within forty-five days.

Took effect 1 July 2026

HB 2037: Relating to repairs made pursuant to a residential or manufactured home tenant's notice of intent to repair and the provision of notice regarding a residential or manufactured home tenant's security deposit.

Repairs made pursuant to a tenant's notice of intent to repair must be made by an independent company, contractor, or repairman and must be licensed if required by the municipality. Repairs cannot be made by the tenant, tenant's immediate family, tenant's employer or employees, or a company in which the tenant has an ownership interest. Repairs cannot be made to foundation or load-bearing structural elements.

Took effect 1 September 2025

HB 374: Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; written rental agreement, lot rent increase prohibition, etc.

Landlords of manufactured home parks must provide written rental agreements with itemized charges on the first page and offer one-year terms. Landlords are prohibited from increasing annual lot rent upon renewal if the manufactured home community has an unresolved notice of violation from the locality for zoning, building, fire code, or habitability violations.

Took effect 1 July 2026

HB 1217: Improving housing stability for tenants subject to the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act by limiting rent and fee increases, requiring notice of rent and fee increases, limiting fees and deposits, establishing a landlord resource center and associated services, authorizing tenant lease termination, creating parity between lease types, and providing for attorney general enforcement.

Landlords may not increase rent and fees combined more than seven percent during any 12-month period, and may not increase them at all during the first 12 months of tenancy, except for specified exemptions. Landlords must provide 180 days' notice for increases of three percent or more. Landlords must use statutory notice forms disclosing exemptions claimed.