# Florida — 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 Florida, return deadline is 15 days; deadline in days is 15; what starts the clock is after the termination of the rental agreement; second deadline, and when it applies is 30 days, if the landlord intends to impose a claim on the deposit; statute is Fla. Stat. § 83.49(3)(a), recorded from its source on 2026-08-26.

- **State:** Florida _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Return deadline:** 15 days _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Deadline in days:** 15 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **What starts the clock:** after the termination of the rental agreement _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Second deadline, and when it applies:** 30 days, if the landlord intends to impose a claim on the deposit _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statute:** Fla. Stat. § 83.49(3)(a) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> Upon the vacating of the premises for termination of the rental agreement, if the landlord does not intend to impose a claim on the security deposit, the landlord must return the security deposit, together with interest if otherwise required, within 15 days after the termination of the rental agreement. If the landlord intends to impose a claim on the deposit, the landlord must, within 30 days after the termination of the rental agreement, provide the tenant written notice by certified mail to the tenant’s last known mailing address

## Source

- http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0000-0099/0083/Sections/0083.49.html

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