California
For California, return deadline is 21 calendar days; deadline in days is 21; what starts the clock is after the tenant has vacated the premises; statute is Cal. Civ. Code § 1950.5(h)(1), recorded from its source on 2026-08-26.
- State
- California our reading
- Return deadline
- 21 calendar days verified
- Deadline in days
- 21 our reading
- What starts the clock
- after the tenant has vacated the premises verified
- Statute
- Cal. Civ. Code § 1950.5(h)(1) our reading
Verified
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What the source says
No later than 21 calendar days after the tenant has vacated the premises, but not earlier than the time that either the landlord or the tenant provides a notice to terminate the tenancy under Section 1946 or 1946.1, Section 1161 of the Code of Civil Procedure, or not earlier than 60 calendar days prior to the expiration of a fixed-term lease, the landlord shall furnish the tenant, a copy of an itemized statement indicating the basis for, and the amount of, any security received and the disposition of the security
— leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, retrieved 2026-08-26
Source
- leginfo.legislature.ca.govhttps://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=1950.5.&lawCode=CIV