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Iowa security deposit return obligations for landlords

What the statute requires of you in Iowa: 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	30 days
When the clock starts	termination AND receipt of tenant mailing address / delivery instructions
Penalty for non-compliance	bad faith → actual + punitive ≤ 2× MONTHLY RENT
Deposit cap (maximum you may collect)	2 mo
Escrow / interest requirements	yes (insured institution)
Citation	Iowa Code § 562A.12

Source: Iowa Code § 562A.12

Compliance flags / traps

⚠ penalty base = monthly rent NOT deposit; reject stale $200 punitive cap

Corpus version: fc4822b136252b18 (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 30 days. Enter the move-out / possession-delivery date the statute keys on.

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

Tenant side: Iowa security deposit return rules

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

Nearby states (landlord side)

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