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Pennsylvania security deposit return obligations for landlords

What the statute requires of you in Pennsylvania: 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/surrender + tenant's written forwarding address
Penalty for non-compliance	double the amount by which deposit exceeds damages landlord proves; forfeit if no list in 30d
Deposit cap (maximum you may collect)	2 mo yr1 / 1 mo after yr1
Escrow / interest requirements	interest if held >2 yr
Citation	68 P.S. §§ 250.511a–512

Citation: 68 P.S. §§ 250.511a–512 (primary source URL not yet linked for this state)

Compliance flags / traps

⚠ written fwd-addr required for double-damages remedy

Corpus version: 86f5f3fc33e6c1cc (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: Pennsylvania security deposit return rules

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

Nearby states (landlord side)

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