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Florida security deposit return obligations for landlords

What the statute requires of you in Florida: 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	15d (no claim) / 30d notice of claim + 15d tenant object + 30d remit
When the clock starts	tenant vacates
Penalty for non-compliance	forfeit claim right if no timely notice + fees
Deposit cap (maximum you may collect)	none
Escrow / interest requirements	yes (if >5 units)
Citation	Fla. Stat. §§ 83.49, 83.491

Source: Fla. Stat. §§ 83.49, 83.491

Compliance flags / traps

⚠ tenant 15-day objection; certified-mail claim notice

Applicability conditions

min_unit_count — escrow if >5 units · value: 5

Corpus version: f8fb2ee428d7ef4e (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 does not encode a single numeric day count (split tracks, compound clocks, or non-numeric windows). The calculator will show the statute prose — it will not invent a calendar date.

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

Tenant side: Florida security deposit return rules

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

Nearby states (landlord side)

Wherewithal is an organizational tool only. Not legal advice. Consider consulting a licensed attorney. This page is compliance information for landlords summarizing statutory duties — not legal advice.

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