The rule
- Deposit limit
- 2 months’ rent
- Return deadline
- 30 days
- Interest owed
- Not required
- Itemized deductions
- Required
- The deadline
- 30 days after the tenancy ends. The tenant has a right to attend the move-out inspection.
- Interest
- Any interest earned belongs to the landlord.
- Deductions
- The landlord must give you an itemized list of anything kept from the deposit.
- If it isn’t returned
- Wrongful withholding: the tenant recovers twice the amount wrongfully withheld.
Law: RSMo § 535.300
Last reviewed September 30, 2026
Not legal advice. Statutes change; check the linked section.