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Missouri Security Deposit Calculator (2026)

Enter your rent and move-out date to see the most a Missouri landlord can charge and the exact date your deposit is due back — up to 2 months of rent, returned 30 days after the tenancy ends.

Cited to Mo. Rev. Stat. §535.300Source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes, RSMo §535.300 (Security deposits).

Missouri security deposit calculator

Security deposit · Missouri

State

Monthly rent

Move-out date

Missouri rule applied to your numbers

Maximum deposit

$4,000

Up to 2 months’ rent under Missouri law. A landlord may not demand or receive a security deposit greater than two months' rent (RSMo 535.300.1). The cap covers the security deposit itself. Nonrefundable fees and pet deposits can raise ongoing questions, so read your lease closely.

Return deadline

30 days

30 days after the tenancy ends. Enter your move-out date for the exact deadline.

These are the Missouri figures applied to what you entered: a plain summary of the rule and the dates, not a determination that anyone did or did not comply.

If a deposit is wrongly kept

If a landlord wrongfully withholds all or part of the deposit, the tenant may recover as damages twice the amount wrongfully withheld. Missouri courts treat the deadline strictly, with no grace period, so a late or missing itemization can trigger the double-damages exposure.

Interest on the deposit

Missouri does not require a landlord to pay interest on a security deposit. The statute is clear that any interest the deposit earns belongs to the landlord, not the tenant.

Local ordinances

The landlord must give the tenant written notice, at the last known address or in person, of the date and time of the move-out inspection, and the tenant has the right to be present at that inspection.

PlainStatute

Security deposit — Missouri

Maximum deposit: $4,000 · 2 months’ rent
Monthly rent: $2,000
Move-out date: Not entered
Return deadline: 30 days after the tenancy ends

Source: Mo. Rev. Stat. §535.300

https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=535.300

⚠ Draft: confirm with the official source before relying on this.

Printed from plainstatute.com
Plain-language summary, not legal advice.

Informational only, not legal advice. Security-deposit rules carry exceptions (lease type, small landlords, city ordinances) this summary cannot weigh. See the full statute and exceptions on the Missouri security deposit reference, cited to Mo. Rev. Stat. §535.300.

How Missouri security deposits work

Missouri caps a residential security deposit at two months' rent under RSMo 535.300, and it requires the landlord to hold that money for you in a bank, credit union, or federally insured depository institution rather than spending it. After your tenancy ends, the landlord has 30 days to either return the full deposit or send you a written itemized list of the damages being charged, along with whatever is left over. If the landlord wrongfully keeps any part of your deposit, you can recover twice the amount wrongfully withheld. One Missouri-specific step protects you at move-out: the landlord must give you written notice of the inspection date and time, and you have the right to be there. Any interest the deposit earns belongs to the landlord, and Missouri does not require the landlord to pay you interest.

This calculator shows the Missouri figures applied to your own rent and dates. It is informational only and not legal advice — exceptions this summary cannot weigh may apply. For the full rules, penalties, and citations, see the Missouri security deposit reference.

Security deposit calculators for other states

Same tool, each with its own cap and return deadline.