Alabama - No statutory limit
Alaska - Two months rent, except where rent exceeds $2,000 per month
Arizona - One and one-half months rent unless tenant voluntarily agrees to pay more
Arkansas - Two months rent
California - Two months rent (unfurnished, no waterbed); two and one half months rent (unfurnished, tenant has waterbed); three months rent (furnished, no waterbed); three and one half months rent furnished, tenant has waterbed)
Colorado - No statutory limit
Connecticut - Two months rent (tenant under 62 years of age); one months rent tenant 62 years of age and older
Delaware - One months rent on leases for a term of one year or more: no limit for month-to-month rental agreements (may require additional pet deposit of up to one months rent
District of Columbia - One months rent
Florida - No statutory limit
Georgia - No statutory limit
Hawaii - One months rent
Idaho - No statutory limit
Illinois - No statutory limit
Indiana - No statutory limit
Iowa - Two months rent
Kansas - One months rent (unfurnished, no pets); one and one half months rent (unfurnished with pets or furnished with no pets)
Kentucky - No statutory limit
Louisiana - No statutory limit
Maine - Two months rent
Maryland - Two months rent
Massachusetts - One months rent
Michigan - One and one half months rent
Minnesota - No statutory limit
Mississippi - No statutory limit
Missouri - Two months rent
Montana - No statutory limit
Nebraska - One month's rent (no pets); one and one quarter months rent (pets)
Nevada - Three months rent
New Hampshire - One months rent or $100, whichever is greater; no limit when landlord and tenant share facilities
New Jersey - One and one half months rent
New Mexico - One months rent (for rental agreement of less than one year); no limit for leases of one year or more
New York - No statutory limit (for non-regulated units)
North Carolina - One and one half months rent for month to month rental agreements: two months rent if term is longer than two months
North Dakota - One months rent (or $1,500 if tenant has a pet)
Ohio - No statutory limit
Oklahoma - No statutory limit
Oregon - No statutory limit
Pennsylvania - Two months rent for first year of renting; one month's renting during second and subsequent years of renting
Rhode Island - One months rent
South Carolina - No statutory limit
South Dakota - One months rent (higher deposits may be charged if special conditions pose a danger to maintenance of the premises)
Tennessee - No statutory limit
Texas - No statutory limit
Utah - No statutory limit
Vermont - No statutory limit
Virginia - Two months rent
Washington - No statutory limit
West Virginia - No statutory limit
Wisconsin - No statutory limit
Wyoming - No statutory limit
For more questions about the amount of security deposit you are allowed to collect from a tenant by state and your specific state tenancy laws, refer to your states Real Estate Commission office website.
