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Security-deposit law is different in every state. Answer a few plain questions and get your state's deadline, what you can and can't deduct, and a statute-cited letter you can mail today. Live now in Texas, California, Florida, New York, and Colorado, with more states on the way.

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The stakes

Get it wrong, and the cost is real.

  • In Texas, a landlord who keeps a deposit in bad faith can owe $100, plus three times the amount wrongfully withheld, plus the tenant’s attorney’s fees.

    Tex. Prop. Code § 92.109(a)–(d)

  • In California, bad-faith retention can cost up to twice the deposit in statutory damages, on top of the tenant’s actual damages, and the court can order it at its discretion.

    Cal. Civ. Code § 1950.5(m)

  • In Florida, miss the 30-day claim notice and you forfeit the entire claim, no bad faith required. And in any deposit suit, the winner’s attorney’s fees fall on the loser.

    Fla. Stat. § 83.49(3)(a), (3)(c)

  • Two very different consequences, and they must not be confused.

    N.Y. Gen. Oblig. Law § 7-108(1-a)(g)

  • Wrongfully keeping a deposit exposes a landlord to treble the amount wrongfully withheld, plus reasonable attorney fees and court costs.

    C.R.S. § 38-12-103(3)(a), (3)(c), (3.5)
How it works

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Answer a few questions

Tell us the rental type, the deposit, the surrender and forwarding-address dates, and any deductions. Six short sections, plain questions, no legal jargon.

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See your return date, the amount you owe back, and plain-language notices, each tagged with the statute it comes from.

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The rules, with citations

Every answer is tied to the statute.

We don't paraphrase the law and hope. Each rule cites the exact section of its state's statute, with the date we last verified it against the law. Even the deadline changes at the state line, and every state we cover gets this same treatment.

Texas

Tex. Prop. Code § 92.103(a) (with § 92.107)

Refund the deposit, and send any itemized statement, within 30 calendar days after the tenant surrenders the property. The 30-day clock effectively runs from the later of surrender or the date you receive the tenant’s written forwarding address.

Verified June 25, 2026
Tex. Prop. Code § 92.109(a)–(d)

A landlord who in bad faith retains a deposit owes $100, plus three times the portion wrongfully withheld, plus the tenant’s reasonable attorney’s fees.

Verified June 25, 2026

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California

Cal. Civ. Code § 1950.5(h)(1)

Furnish the itemized statement and return the remaining deposit no later than 21 calendar days after the tenant has vacated. One event starts the clock: the tenant vacating. A missing forwarding address does not pause it.

Verified July 4, 2026
Cal. Civ. Code § 1950.5(m)

Bad-faith retention of the deposit can cost up to twice the amount of the security as statutory damages, in addition to actual damages.

Verified July 4, 2026

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Florida

Fla. Stat. § 83.49(3)(a)

If the landlord is NOT keeping any of the deposit, it must be returned (with interest if owed) within 15 calendar days after the rental agreement terminates. If the landlord intends to keep any part, the 15-day return is replaced by a 30-day written claim notice.

Verified July 6, 2026
Fla. Stat. § 83.49(3)(a), (3)(c)

Florida gives the deposit statute teeth two ways.

Verified July 6, 2026

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New York

N.Y. Gen. Oblig. Law § 7-108(1-a)(e)

Within 14 calendar days after the tenant vacates, the landlord must give the tenant an itemized statement AND return whatever is left of the deposit. Both, within the same 14 days. The clock starts on the day the tenant actually moved out, not on the day the lease ended.

Verified July 11, 2026
N.Y. Gen. Oblig. Law § 7-108(1-a)(g)

Two very different consequences, and they must not be confused.

Verified July 11, 2026

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Colorado

C.R.S. § 38-12-103(1)(a)

The landlord must return the full deposit, or send a written statement of the exact reasons for any retention, together with the balance, within 30 days after the later of lease termination or the landlord’s acceptance of surrender of the premises. A lease may set a longer period, but never more than 60 days.

Verified August 22, 2026
C.R.S. § 38-12-103(3)(a), (3)(c), (3.5)

Wrongfully keeping a deposit exposes a landlord to treble the amount wrongfully withheld, plus reasonable attorney fees and court costs.

Verified August 22, 2026

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