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Oklahoma Security Deposit Calculator (2026)

Enter your rent and move-out date to see the most a Oklahoma landlord can charge and the exact date your deposit is due back — no statutory cap here, returned 45 days after three things happen: the tenancy ends, you hand back possession, and you make a written demand after the termination of the tenancy, delivery of possession, and written demand by the tenant, whichever is last; if you never make a written demand within six months after the tenancy ends, the deposit reverts to the landlord.

Cited to Okla. Stat. tit. 41, §115Source: Oklahoma Statutes Title 41 §115 (Oklahoma State Senate official compilation).

Oklahoma security deposit calculator

Security deposit · Oklahoma
Oklahoma rule applied to your numbers
Maximum deposit
No cap
Oklahoma sets no statutory maximum; your lease sets the amount. Oklahoma sets no dollar limit on a residential security deposit. Section 115 is silent on the amount, so a landlord and tenant agree on it in the lease. Some third-party guides state a two-month cap; that figure does not appear in the statute and should not be relied on.
Return deadline
45 days after three things happen: the tenancy ends, you hand back possession, and you make a written demand
45 days after three things happen: the tenancy ends, you hand back possession, and you make a written demand after the termination of the tenancy, delivery of possession, and written demand by the tenant, whichever is last; if you never make a written demand within six months after the tenancy ends, the deposit reverts to the landlord. Enter your move-out date for the exact deadline.

These are the Oklahoma 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 fails to comply with Section 115 or fails to return prepaid rent owed to the tenant, the tenant may recover the security deposit and any prepaid rent. Oklahoma courts have also awarded the tenant reasonable attorney fees where the landlord retained the deposit in bad faith. Separately, misappropriating the deposit from the escrow account is a crime: up to six months in county jail and a fine of up to twice the amount taken.
Interest on the deposit
Oklahoma does not require a landlord to pay interest on a security deposit. The statute directs the landlord to return the balance "without interest," so any interest the escrow account earns belongs to the landlord.

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 Oklahoma security deposit reference, cited to Okla. Stat. tit. 41, §115.

How Oklahoma security deposits work

Oklahoma law puts your security deposit in a protected place: the landlord must keep it in an escrow account set up for you, held inside Oklahoma at a federally insured bank or credit union (Okla. Stat. tit. 41, §115). Getting it back turns on one step many tenants miss. The 45-day return clock does not start until you send the landlord a written demand for the deposit, on top of ending the tenancy and handing back possession. That written demand carries a hard deadline of its own: if you do not make it within six months after the tenancy ends, the deposit reverts to the landlord and your claim is gone. When the landlord keeps any part of the deposit, they must give you a written, itemized statement of the rent and damages charged. There is no statutory cap on the amount, and the balance comes back without interest.

This calculator shows the Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma security deposit reference.

Security deposit calculators for other states

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