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Delaware security deposit return obligations for landlords

What the statute requires of you in Delaware: 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	20 days
When the clock starts	expiration/termination of rental agreement
Penalty for non-compliance	2× wrongfully withheld (late remit) OR 2× FULL deposit (escrow/disclosure-forfeiture track)
Deposit cap (maximum you may collect)	1 mo (1yr+ lease); higher furnished/<1yr
Escrow / interest requirements	yes (DE bank)
Citation	25 Del. C. § 5514

Source: 25 Del. C. § 5514

Compliance flags / traps

⚠ two penalty tracks; tenant 10-day objection window

Corpus version: ef37fac133cd57d1 (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 20 days. Enter the move-out / possession-delivery date the statute keys on.

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

Tenant side: Delaware security deposit return rules

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

Nearby states (landlord side)

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