The rule
- Deposit limit
- No limit
- Return deadline
- No fixed deadline
- Interest owed
- Not required
- Itemized deductions
- Required
- The limit
- No statutory limit.
- The deadline
- No fixed refund deadline. The landlord must notify the tenant of any refund due and may keep an unclaimed refund 60 days after that notice. These deposit rules are part of the URLTA, which applies only in cities and counties that have adopted it.
- Interest
- State law doesn’t require interest on the deposit.
- Deductions
- The landlord must give you an itemized list of anything kept from the deposit.
- If it isn’t returned
- A landlord who did not keep the deposit in a separate account or skipped the move-in and move-out damage lists may not keep any of it (KRS 383.580(4)).
Law: KRS 383.580
Last reviewed September 30, 2026
Not legal advice. Statutes change; check the linked section.