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Louisiana security deposit return obligations for landlords

What the statute requires of you in Louisiana: 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	1 month
When the clock starts	lease termination (+ fwd address practice)
Penalty for non-compliance	greater of $300 or 2× the deposit + fees (bad faith)
Deposit cap (maximum you may collect)	none
Escrow / interest requirements	no
Citation	La. R.S. § 9:3251

Source: La. R.S. § 9:3251

Corpus version: 0ef3620d08a23119 (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: Louisiana security deposit return rules

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

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