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
Verified
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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
Source
- webserver.rilegislature.govhttps://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE34/34-18/34-18-19.htm