The rule
- Deposit limit
- No limit
- Return deadline
- 45 days
- Interest owed
- Not required
- Itemized deductions
- Required
- The limit
- No statutory limit.
- The deadline
- Within 45 days after termination, delivery of possession, and the tenant’s written demand; if the tenant makes no written demand within 6 months, the deposit reverts to the landlord.
- Interest
- Deposit must be kept in an escrow account with a federally insured institution in Oklahoma, but the balance is returned without interest.
- Deductions
- The landlord must give you an itemized list of anything kept from the deposit.
- If it isn’t returned
- Tenant may recover the deposit and any prepaid rent; no statutory multiplier. Misappropriating escrowed deposits is a misdemeanor (up to 6 months jail and a fine up to twice the amount).
Law: Okla. Stat. tit. 41, § 115
Last reviewed September 30, 2026
Not legal advice. Statutes change; check the linked section.