Massachusetts
For Massachusetts, return deadline is thirty days; deadline in days is 30; what starts the clock is after the termination of occupancy under a tenancy-at-will or the end of the tenancy as specified in a valid written lease agreement; statute is Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 15B(4), recorded from its source on 2026-08-26.
- State
- Massachusetts our reading
- Return deadline
- thirty days verified
- Deadline in days
- 30 our reading
- What starts the clock
- after the termination of occupancy under a tenancy-at-will or the end of the tenancy as specified in a valid written lease agreement verified
- Statute
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 15B(4) our reading
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What the source says
The lessor shall, within thirty days after the termination of occupancy under a tenancy-at-will or the end of the tenancy as specified in a valid written lease agreement, return to the tenant the security deposit or any balance thereof
— malegislature.gov, retrieved 2026-08-26
Source
- malegislature.govhttps://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleI/Chapter186/Section15B