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Nebraska Security Deposit Calculator (2026)

Enter your rent and move-out date to see the most a Nebraska landlord can charge and the exact date your deposit is due back — up to 1 month of rent, returned 14 days after the tenancy ends.

Cited to Neb. Rev. Stat. §76-1416Source: FindLaw mirror of Neb. Rev. Stat. §76-1416 (official: nebraskalegislature.gov).

Nebraska security deposit calculator

Security deposit · Nebraska

State

Monthly rent

Move-out date

Nebraska rule applied to your numbers

Maximum deposit

$2,000

Up to 1 month’s rent under Nebraska law. A landlord cannot demand or receive a security deposit worth more than one month's rent. On top of that, a landlord may require a pet deposit of up to one-quarter (0.25) of one month's rent when appropriate, so a tenant with a pet can face a combined maximum of one and a quarter months' rent. The one-month figure is the periodic rent under the rental agreement. The rule does not apply to public housing agencies organized under the Nebraska Housing Agency Act.

Return deadline

14 days

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

These are the Nebraska 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 the landlord's failure to return the deposit and itemization on time is willful and not in good faith, the tenant can recover liquidated damages equal to one month's rent or two times the deposit, whichever is less. That is on top of recovering the wrongfully withheld amount.

Interest on the deposit

Nebraska law does not require a landlord to pay interest on a security deposit.

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Security deposit — Nebraska

Maximum deposit: $2,000 · 1 month’s rent
Monthly rent: $2,000
Move-out date: Not entered
Return deadline: 14 days after the tenancy ends

Source: Neb. Rev. Stat. §76-1416

https://codes.findlaw.com/ne/chapter-76-real-property/ne-rev-st-sect-76-1416/

⚠ 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 Nebraska security deposit reference, cited to Neb. Rev. Stat. §76-1416.

How Nebraska security deposits work

Nebraska caps a residential security deposit at one month's rent (Neb. Rev. Stat. 76-1416). On top of that, a landlord may charge a separate pet deposit of up to one-quarter of one month's rent when a pet is involved, so a renter with a pet can be asked for as much as one and a quarter months' rent in total. After the tenancy ends, the landlord has 14 days to return the balance of the deposit with a written itemization of anything kept. You do not have to formally demand your money back to start that clock, but leaving a forwarding address helps; if you do not, the landlord must mail everything to your last-known address. If the landlord holds the deposit willfully and in bad faith, you can recover liquidated damages of one month's rent or twice the deposit, whichever is less.

This calculator shows the Nebraska 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 Nebraska security deposit reference.

Security deposit calculators for other states

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