Kentucky security deposit law: the 60-day deadline and your rights
No flat return deadline in the statute. Mechanics: final itemized damage listing at termination; a landlord may apply the deposit to unpaid rent after 30 days; when a refund is due, the landlord notifies the tenant, and if the tenant does not respond within 60 days the landlord may keep the deposit — 60 days is the practical outer window, not a return deadline.
What Kentucky law says
- Return deadline
- 60 days
- Statute
- Ky. Rev. Stat. § 383.580 (URLTA — adopted jurisdictions only, KRS 383.500)
No multiplier and no flat penalty — the sole statutory consequence is forfeiture of the right to withhold (full refund). Commercial sites claiming '2x damages' for Kentucky are wrong. CRITICAL: URLTA applies only in jurisdictions adopting it in its entirety by ordinance (Louisville/Jefferson, Lexington/Fayette, Covington, Newport, Florence, Georgetown, Shelbyville, Oldham and Pulaski counties, and other cities) — elsewhere there is NO statutory deposit law and remedies are contract-based.
Verification pending. Our attorney-reviewed deep-dive for Kentucky — with the full case builder, damages calculator, and demand letter generator — isn't live yet. The summary above is drawn from the statute but hasn't completed our legal review; always confirm against the current text of Ky. Rev. Stat. § 383.580 (URLTA — adopted jurisdictions only, KRS 383.500).
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