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Delaware

For Delaware, return deadline is 20 days; deadline in days is 20; what starts the clock is of the expiration or termination of the rental agreement; statute is 25 Del. C. § 5514(e), (f), recorded from its source on 2026-08-26.

State
Delaware our reading
Return deadline
20 days verified
Deadline in days
20 our reading
What starts the clock
of the expiration or termination of the rental agreement verified
Statute
25 Del. C. § 5514(e), (f) our reading
Sourcedelcode.delaware.gov
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DatasetSecurity deposit return deadlines by US state — the statutory clock a landlord has to return a tenant's deposit, quoted from the state statute

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What the source says

If the landlord is not entitled to all or any portion of the security deposit, the landlord shall remit the security deposit within 20 days of the expiration or termination of the rental agreement. (f) Within 20 days after the termination or expiration of any rental agreement, the landlord shall provide the tenant with an itemized list of damages to the premises and the estimated costs of repair for each and shall tender payment for the difference between the security deposit and such costs of repair of damage to the premises.

delcode.delaware.gov, retrieved 2026-08-26

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