# Kansas — 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 Kansas, return deadline is 14 days; deadline in days is 14; what starts the clock is after the determination of the amount of such expenses, damages or other charges; second deadline, and when it applies is 30 days, the outer limit after termination of the tenancy, delivery of possession and demand by the tenant; statute is Kan. Stat. Ann. § 58-2550(b), recorded from its source on 2026-08-26.

- **State:** Kansas _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Return deadline:** 14 days _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Deadline in days:** 14 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **What starts the clock:** after the determination of the amount of such expenses, damages or other charges _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Second deadline, and when it applies:** 30 days, the outer limit after termination of the tenancy, delivery of possession and demand by the tenant _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statute:** Kan. Stat. Ann. § 58-2550(b) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> the landlord shall return the balance of the security deposit to the tenant within 14 days after the determination of the amount of such expenses, damages or other charges, but in no event to exceed 30 days after termination of the tenancy, delivery of possession and demand by the tenant.

## Source

- https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch58/058_025_0050.html

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