# Missouri — 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 Missouri, return deadline is thirty days; deadline in days is 30; what starts the clock is after the date of termination of the tenancy; statute is Mo. Rev. Stat. § 535.300(3), recorded from its source on 2026-08-26.

- **State:** Missouri _(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:** after the date of termination of the tenancy _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute:** Mo. Rev. Stat. § 535.300(3) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> Within thirty days after the date of termination of the tenancy, the landlord shall: (1) Return the full amount of the security deposit; or (2) Furnish to the tenant a written itemized list of the damages for which the security deposit or any portion thereof is withheld

## Source

- https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=535.300

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