# Rhode Island — 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 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, not quoted from the source)_
- **Return deadline:** twenty (20) days _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Deadline in days:** 20 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **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: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute:** R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-19(b) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## 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.

## Source

- https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE34/34-18/34-18-19.htm

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