The rule
- Deposit limit
- No limit
- Return deadline
- 60 days
- Interest owed
- Not required
- Itemized deductions
- Required
- The limit
- No statutory limit.
- The deadline
- Within 60 days after the tenancy ends, or within 45 days after a new tenant occupies the unit, whichever is shorter, with a written itemization.
- 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 or bad-faith noncompliance: the unreturned deposit plus damages of 1.5 times the amount wrongfully withheld (credited against any rent owed).
Law: W. Va. Code §§ 37-6A-1(7), 37-6A-2, 37-6A-5
Last reviewed September 30, 2026
Not legal advice. Statutes change; check the linked section.