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Montana security deposit return obligations for landlords

What the statute requires of you in Montana: 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: PARTIAL

PARTIAL — primary source pulled for main elements; secondary detail still thin

Deadline to return / account	10d (no deduct) / 30d (deduct)
When the clock starts	termination
Penalty for non-compliance	actual + punitive
Deposit cap (maximum you may collect)	none
Escrow / interest requirements	no
Citation	Mont. Code §§ 70-25-201 to 206

Source: Mont. Code §§ 70-25-201 to 206

Compliance flags / traps

⚠ eviction-claim exception; shortest US no-deduct track

Residual review notes

MT: 10/30 split confirmed at high level; eviction-exception subsections need one more careful primary pass.

Corpus version: c04b464d5a9aa494 (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: Montana 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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