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Alabama security deposit return obligations for landlords

What the statute requires of you in Alabama: return deadlines, clock triggers, itemization / notice duties, deposit caps, and penalties for non-compliance — drawn from Wherewithal’s statute research corpus. A landlord who complies correctly does not create a statutory penalty claim.

Confidence: PRIMARY

PRIMARY — main elements read against statute text

Deadline to return / account	60 days
When the clock starts	termination + delivery of possession
Penalty for non-compliance	2× ORIGINAL deposit (not 2× withheld)
Deposit cap (maximum you may collect)	1 mo (+pet/premises/liability exceptions)
Escrow / interest requirements	no
Citation	Ala. Code § 35-9A-201

Source: Ala. Code § 35-9A-201

Compliance flags / traps

⚠ penalty = double ORIGINAL deposit; reject stale "35-day" cites

Corpus version: eab276279a8bfbf5 (hash of human fields; use as last-updated fingerprint)

Deadline calculator

Compliance tool only — estimates the statutory return / accounting window from Wherewithal’s corpus fields. Not legal advice. No case is created.

This state’s corpus encodes a primary numeric window of 60 days. Enter the move-out / possession-delivery date the statute keys on.

Move-out / termination date (when possession is delivered)

Tenant side: Alabama security deposit return rules

Same statute corpus, framed for tenants organizing a deposit-return claim.

Nearby states (landlord side)

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