# Washington — 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 Washington, return deadline is 30 days; deadline in days is 30; what starts the clock is after the termination of the rental agreement and vacation of the premises; statute is Wash. Rev. Code § 59.18.280(1)(a), recorded from its source on 2026-08-26.

- **State:** Washington _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Return deadline:** 30 days _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Deadline in days:** 30 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **What starts the clock:** after the termination of the rental agreement and vacation of the premises _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute:** Wash. Rev. Code § 59.18.280(1)(a) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> Within 30 days after the termination of the rental agreement and vacation of the premises

## Source

- https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=59.18.280

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