# South Carolina — 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 South Carolina, return deadline is thirty days; deadline in days is 30; what starts the clock is after termination of the tenancy and delivery of possession and demand by the tenant, whichever is later; statute is S.C. Code Ann. § 27-40-410(a), recorded from its source on 2026-08-26.

- **State:** South Carolina _(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 tenancy and delivery of possession and demand by the tenant, whichever is later _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute:** S.C. Code Ann. § 27-40-410(a) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> Any deduction from the security/rental deposit must be itemized by the landlord in a written notice to the tenant together with the amount due, if any, within thirty days after termination of the tenancy and delivery of possession and demand by the tenant, whichever is later.

## Source

- https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t27c040.php

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