Reference
State landlord–tenant guides
One page per rule per state. Every figure was read against the statute it cites, and each page prints the statutory wording alongside the number — so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
Pick your state
51 statesDeposits, late fees and rent increases for one state on a single page, each linking through to the statute behind it.
Or start from a rule
Security deposit return deadlines
51 statesHow long a landlord has to return a deposit or itemise deductions, in all 51 jurisdictions. 14 to 60 days, and two states with no deadline at all.
Late rent fee limits
51 statesWhat can legally be charged when rent is late, and how long a landlord must wait. 18 states cap the amount, 15 require a grace period, 30 do neither.
Rent increase notice
49 statesHow far ahead a tenant must be told before the rent goes up, from 7 days to 90. Only 20 states have a statute about it; the rest borrow from their termination rules.
Why we quote the statute
Rental law is the kind of subject where being approximately right is worse than useless — a landlord who charges a fee above their state’s cap finds out in an eviction hearing, and a tenant told the wrong deposit deadline misses their claim. When we checked all 51 states against primary sources we found several figures that are widely published and simply wrong: Kentucky has no deposit deadline despite being listed at 30 to 60 days everywhere, South Dakota is 21 days rather than 14, and the late-fee cap most guides give for nine states is actually from their self-storage statute.
So every number on these pages carries the section it came from, the sentence it came from, and the date we read it. Statutes move — Connecticut, Washington and Maryland all changed in the last three years — and a figure without a review date has no shelf life.
None of this is legal advice. It is a careful reading of the statutes with the receipts attached, which is a different and more checkable thing.
Last read against sources on November 6, 2026.