| State |
Limit |
| Alabama |
No
statutory limit |
| Alaska |
Two
months' rent, except where rent exceeds ,000 per month |
| Arizona |
One
and one-half months' rent (unless tenant voluntarily agrees
to pay more) |
| Arkansas |
Two
months' rent |
| California |
Two
months' rent (unfurnished, no waterbed); two and one-half
months' rent (unfurnished, tenant has waterbed); three months'
rent -(furnished, no waterbed); three and one-half months'
rent (furnished, tenant has waterbed) |
| Colorado |
No
statutory limit |
| Connecticut |
Two
months' rent (tenant under 62 years of age); one month's rent
(tenant 62 years of age or older) |
| Delaware |
One
month's rent on leases for one year or more; no limit for
month-to-month rental agreements |
| District
of Columbia |
One
month's rent |
| Florida |
No
statutory limit |
| Georgia |
No
statutory limit |
| Hawaii |
One
month's rent |
| Idaho |
No
statutory limit |
| Illinois |
No
statutory limit |
| Indiana |
No
statutory limit |
| Iowa |
Two
months' rent |
| Kansas |
One
month's rent (unfurnished, no pets); one and one-half months'
rent (unfurnished with pets or furnished with no pets) |
| Kentucky |
No
statutory limit |
| Louisiana |
30
days' rent |
| Maine |
Two
months' rent |
| Maryland |
Two
months' rent or , whichever is greater |
| Massachusetts |
Two
months' rent |
| Michigan |
One
and one-half months' rent |
| Minnesota |
No
statutory limit |
| Mississippi |
No
statutory limit |
| Missouri |
Two
months' rent |
| Montana |
No
statutory limit |
| Nebraska |
One
month's rent (no pets); one and one-quarter months' rent (pets) |
| Nevada |
Three
months' rent |
| New
Hampshire |
One
month's rent or , whichever is greater |
| New
Jersey |
One
and one-half month's rent |
| New
Mexico |
One
month's rent (for rental agreement less than one year); no
limit for leases of one year or more |
| New
York |
No
statutory limit |
| North
Carolina |
One
and one-half months' rent for month-to-month rental agreements;
two months' rent if term is longer than two months |
| North
Dakota |
One
month's rent (or ,500 if tenant has a pet) |
| Ohio |
No
statutory limit |
| Oklahoma |
No
statutory limit |
| Oregon |
No
statutory limit |
| Pennsylvania |
Two
months' rent for first year of renting; one month's rent during
the second and subsequent years of renting |
| Rhode
Island |
One
month's rent |
| South
Carolina |
No
statutory limit |
| South
Dakota |
One
month's rent (higher deposit may be charged if special conditions
pose a danger to maintenance of the premises) |
| Tennessee |
No
statutory limit |
| Texas |
No
statutory limit |
| Utah |
No
statutory limit |
| Vermont |
No
statutory limit |
| Virginia |
Two
months' rent |
| Washington |
No
statutory limit |
| West
Virginia |
No
statutory limit |
| Wisconsin |
No
statutory limit |
| Wyoming |
No
statutory limit |
