Ohio does not cap security deposits, but R.C. 5321.16 requires a landlord to return the deposit with itemized deductions within 30 days of move-out and a written forwarding address, or owe double damages and attorney fees.
Pennsylvania limits residential security deposits to two months’ rent in the first year and one month after, and requires landlords to return the deposit or an itemized list of damages within 30 days. Here is what the Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951 requires.
How New York’s security deposit rules work since the 2019 rent law: the one-month cap, the 14-day return deadline, allowable deductions, and penalties.
How long a Florida landlord has to return a security deposit, the 30-day notice-of-claim rule, and why the state sets no maximum deposit amount.
California security deposit law caps most residential deposits at one month’s rent and requires landlords to return the deposit, with an itemized statement of any deductions, within 21 calendar days of move-out.
Illinois has no cap on deposit size, but sets firm return deadlines: 30 days for an itemized statement, 45 days to return the deposit.
Texas sets no maximum security deposit amount. The rule that matters is the 30-day return deadline under Tex. Prop. Code § 92.103, plus the itemized-deduction and bad-faith penalty rules that go with it.