# Vermont — 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 Vermont, return deadline is 14 days; deadline in days is 14; what starts the clock is from the date on which the landlord discovers that the tenant vacated or abandoned the dwelling unit or the date the tenant vacated the dwelling unit; second deadline, and when it applies is 60 days, for seasonal occupancy of a unit not intended as a primary residence; statute is 9 V.S.A. § 4461(c), recorded from its source on 2026-08-26.

- **State:** Vermont _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Return deadline:** 14 days _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Deadline in days:** 14 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **What starts the clock:** from the date on which the landlord discovers that the tenant vacated or abandoned the dwelling unit or the date the tenant vacated the dwelling unit _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Second deadline, and when it applies:** 60 days, for seasonal occupancy of a unit not intended as a primary residence _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statute:** 9 V.S.A. § 4461(c) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> A landlord shall return the security deposit along with a written statement itemizing any deductions to a tenant within 14 days from the date on which the landlord discovers that the tenant vacated or abandoned the dwelling unit or the date the tenant vacated the dwelling unit, provided the landlord received notice from the tenant of that date. In the case of the seasonal occupancy and rental of a dwelling unit not intended as a primary residence, the security deposit and written statement shall be returned within 60 days.

## Source

- https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/09/137/04461

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