# New Hampshire — 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 New Hampshire, return deadline is 30 days; deadline in days is 30; what starts the clock is from the termination of the tenancy; statute is N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 540-A:7, I, recorded from its source on 2026-08-26.

- **State:** New Hampshire _(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:** from the termination of the tenancy _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute:** N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 540-A:7, I _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> a landlord shall return a security deposit to a tenant and pay the interest due, if any, within 30 days from the termination of the tenancy.

## Source

- https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/LV/540-A/540-A-7.htm

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