# Delaware — Security deposit return deadlines by US state — the statutory clock a landlord has to return a tenant's deposit, quoted from the state statute

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, not quoted from the source)_
- **Return deadline:** 20 days _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Deadline in days:** 20 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **What starts the clock:** of the expiration or termination of the rental agreement _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute:** 25 Del. C. § 5514(e), (f) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## 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.

## Source

- https://delcode.delaware.gov/title25/c055/index.html

Last verified: 2026-08-26. Review by: 2027-08-26.
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