Security deposit return deadline in Oklahoma
In Oklahoma, a landlord has 45 days to return a security deposit after receiving your written demand. Send that demand within 6 months after the tenancy ends.
- Deadline
- 45 days (after written demand)
- What the landlord must send
- Deductions must be itemized in a written statement, delivered by mail with return receipt or in person.
- If the landlord gets it wrong
- If the landlord does not comply, the tenant may recover the deposit and any prepaid rent; misappropriating escrowed deposit money is a crime.
The tenant must make a written demand within 6 months after the tenancy ends, or the deposit goes to the landlord.
The law
41 Okla. Stat. § 115. Read the statute.
Checked in October 2026 against a published copy of the statute, because the official code site was unavailable. Laws change, so confirm the current rule before you rely on it.
What to do next
If the landlord kept money without the required list, or hasn’t answered you, put your request in writing. Ask for the deposit back by a specific date, and keep a copy. The free first letter in the Deposit Demand Letters kit does this for Oklahoma.
Other states
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- Washington, D.C.
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
General information about Oklahoma law, not legal advice, and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Deposit Demand Letters is a self-help template kit from Kits For That.