# North Dakota — 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 North Dakota, return deadline is thirty days; deadline in days is 30; what starts the clock is after termination of the lease and delivery of possession by the lessee; statute is N.D. Cent. Code § 47-16-07.1(2), recorded from its source on 2026-08-26.

- **State:** North Dakota _(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 termination of the lease and delivery of possession by the lessee _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute:** N.D. Cent. Code § 47-16-07.1(2) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> Such itemization together with the amount due must be delivered or mailed to the lessee at the last address furnished lessor, along with a written notice within thirty days after termination of the lease and delivery of possession by the lessee.

## Source

- https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t47c16.pdf

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