# Montana — 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 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, not quoted from the source)_
- **Return deadline:** 30 days _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Deadline in days:** 30 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **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: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute:** Mont. Code Ann. § 70-25-202(1)(a)(i) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## 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

## Source

- https://archive.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0700/chapter_0250/part_0020/section_0020/0700-0250-0020-0020.html

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