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Montana

For Montana, return deadline is 30 days; deadline in days is 30; what starts the clock is subsequent to the termination of a tenancy or within 30 days subsequent to a surrender and acceptance of the leasehold premises, whichever occurs first; statute is Mont. Code Ann. § 70-25-202(1)(a)(i), recorded from its source on 2026-08-26.

State
Montana our reading
Return deadline
30 days verified
Deadline in days
30 our reading
What starts the clock
subsequent to the termination of a tenancy or within 30 days subsequent to a surrender and acceptance of the leasehold premises, whichever occurs first verified
Statute
Mont. Code Ann. § 70-25-202(1)(a)(i) our reading
Sourcearchive.legmt.gov
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DatasetSecurity deposit return deadlines by US state — the statutory clock a landlord has to return a tenant's deposit, quoted from the state statute

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

Each landlord, within 30 days subsequent to the termination of a tenancy or within 30 days subsequent to a surrender and acceptance of the leasehold premises, whichever occurs first, shall provide the departing tenant with a written list of any rent due and any damage and cleaning charges

archive.legmt.gov, retrieved 2026-08-26

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