Montana security deposit law: the 30-day deadline and your rights
Within 30 days after termination or surrender and acceptance the landlord must provide a written itemized list of rent due, damage, and cleaning charges and refund the balance; within 10 days if there are no deductions (§ 70-25-202).
What Montana law says
- Return deadline
- 30 days
- Statute
- Mont. Code Ann. §§ 70-25-201 to 70-25-204
No statutory multiplier: the landlord is liable for an amount equal to the sum wrongfully withheld, with attorney fees at the court's discretion to the prevailing party (§ 70-25-204). The real lever is the § 70-25-203 forfeiture. Note: aggregator sites claiming a 2x penalty for Montana contradict the official MCA text.
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