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Texas Security Deposit Calculator (2026)
Enter your rent and move-out date to see the most a Texas landlord can charge and the exact date your deposit is due back — no statutory cap here, returned 30 days after the tenant surrenders the premises.
Texas security deposit calculator
These are the Texas 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.
- Maximum deposit
- No statutory cap
- Monthly rent
- $2,000
- Move-out date
- Not entered
- Return deadline (30 days)
- 30 days
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 Texas security deposit reference, cited to Tex. Prop. Code §§92.101–92.109.
How Texas security deposits work
Texas puts no ceiling on the deposit itself — the lease sets the amount — but it backs the return rule with real teeth. Miss the 30-day deadline in bad faith and the landlord owes $100 plus three times whatever was wrongfully withheld, plus your attorney's fees. One catch trips up tenants: the 30-day clock and the refund obligation don't fully kick in until you give the landlord a forwarding address in writing, so send one the day you move out.
This calculator shows the Texas 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 Texas security deposit reference.
Security deposit calculators for other states
Same tool, each with its own cap and return deadline.