# Iowa — 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 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, not quoted from the source)_
- **Return deadline:** thirty days _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Deadline in days:** 30 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **What starts the clock:** from the date of termination of the tenancy and receipt of the tenant’s mailing address or delivery instructions _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute:** Iowa Code § 562A.12(3) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## 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.

## Source

- https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/562A.12.pdf

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