Iowa
For Iowa, return deadline is thirty days; deadline in days is 30; what starts the clock is from the date of termination of the tenancy and receipt of the tenant’s mailing address or delivery instructions; statute is Iowa Code § 562A.12(3), recorded from its source on 2026-08-26.
- State
- Iowa our reading
- Return deadline
- thirty days verified
- Deadline in days
- 30 our reading
- What starts the clock
- from the date of termination of the tenancy and receipt of the tenant’s mailing address or delivery instructions verified
- Statute
- Iowa Code § 562A.12(3) our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
A landlord shall, within thirty days from the date of termination of the tenancy and receipt of the tenant’s mailing address or delivery instructions, return the rental deposit to the tenant or furnish to the tenant a written statement showing the specific reason for withholding of the rental deposit or any portion thereof.
— legis.iowa.gov, retrieved 2026-08-26
Source
- legis.iowa.govhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/562A.12.pdf