# Ohio — 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 Ohio, return deadline is thirty days; deadline in days is 30; what starts the clock is after termination of the rental agreement and delivery of possession; statute is Ohio Rev. Code § 5321.16(B), recorded from its source on 2026-08-26.

- **State:** Ohio _(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 rental agreement and delivery of possession _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute:** Ohio Rev. Code § 5321.16(B) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> Any deduction from the security deposit shall be itemized and identified by the landlord in a written notice delivered to the tenant together with the amount due, within thirty days after termination of the rental agreement and delivery of possession.

## Source

- https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-5321.16

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