# Idaho — 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 Idaho, return deadline is twenty-one (21) days; deadline in days is 21; what starts the clock is after surrender of the premises by the tenant; second deadline, and when it applies is thirty (30) days, the outer limit where the agreement fixes a longer time; statute is Idaho Code § 6-321(2), recorded from its source on 2026-08-26.

- **State:** Idaho _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Return deadline:** twenty-one (21) days _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Deadline in days:** 21 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **What starts the clock:** after surrender of the premises by the tenant _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Second deadline, and when it applies:** thirty (30) days, the outer limit where the agreement fixes a longer time _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statute:** Idaho Code § 6-321(2) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> Refunds shall be made within twenty-one (21) days if no time is fixed by agreement and, in any event, within thirty (30) days after surrender of the premises by the tenant.

## Source

- https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title6/T6CH3/SECT6-321/

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