The rule
- Deposit limit
- No limit
- Return deadline
- 30 days
- Interest owed
- Not required
- Itemized deductions
- Required
- The limit
- No statutory limit.
- The deadline
- The law says one month after the lease ends. If any amount is kept, the itemized statement is due within that month or within 15 days after it (2026 Act 63). This does not apply if the tenant abandons the unit without the required notice.
- 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
- Willful failure: the wrongfully kept amount plus the greater of $300 or twice that amount. Not paying within 30 days of a written demand counts as willful (La. R.S. 9:3252).
Last reviewed September 30, 2026
Not legal advice. Statutes change; check the linked section.