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Rhode Island

For Rhode Island, return deadline is twenty (20) days; deadline in days is 20; what starts the clock is after the later of either termination of the tenancy, delivery of possession, or the tenant’s providing the landlord with a forwarding address for the purpose of receiving the security deposit; statute is R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-19(b), recorded from its source on 2026-08-26.

State
Rhode Island our reading
Return deadline
twenty (20) days verified
Deadline in days
20 our reading
What starts the clock
after the later of either termination of the tenancy, delivery of possession, or the tenant’s providing the landlord with a forwarding address for the purpose of receiving the security deposit verified
Statute
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-19(b) our reading
Sourcewebserver.rilegislature.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

The landlord shall deliver the notice, together with the amount of the security deposit due to the tenant, within twenty (20) days after the later of either termination of the tenancy, delivery of possession, or the tenant’s providing the landlord with a forwarding address for the purpose of receiving the security deposit.

webserver.rilegislature.gov, retrieved 2026-08-26

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