Arkansas security deposit law: the 60-day deadline and your rights
Within 60 days of termination of the tenancy; mailing the notice and payment first-class to the tenant's last known address is compliance, and an unclaimed mailed refund becomes the landlord's property 180 days after mailing.
What Arkansas law says
- Return deadline
- 60 days
- Statute
- Ark. Code §§ 18-16-305, 18-16-306
Refund of the amount due + statutory damages equal to 2x the amount wrongfully withheld + costs + reasonable attorney's fees (§ 18-16-306) — effectively 3x total exposure. Safe harbor: only costs and the erroneously withheld sum if the error was despite reasonable procedures or a good-faith dispute.
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