What the statute requires of you in West Virginia: 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
| Deadline to return / account | 60d after termination+move-out, OR 45d after new tenant, whichever first |
|---|---|
| When the clock starts | termination + delivery of possession |
| Penalty for non-compliance | unreturned deposit + damages = 1.5× wrongfully withheld (willful/not good faith) |
| Deposit cap (maximum you may collect) | none |
| Escrow / interest requirements | no |
| Citation | W. Va. Code §§ 37-6A-1 to 6 |
Source: W. Va. Code §§ 37-6A-1 to 6
⚠ total recovery can ≈2.5× if entire deposit withheld, but statutory multiplier is 1.5×
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.
Same statute corpus, framed for tenants organizing a deposit-return claim.
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