Getting the Deposit Back
W.S. 1-21-1208 — thirty days after the lease ends, or fifteen after a new address, whichever is later
When the rental agreement ends, the landlord may apply the deposit to rent owed, damage beyond reasonable wear and tear, cleaning the unit back to how it was at the start, and other costs the contract provides.
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Thirty days. The landlord sends the balance and a written itemization of deductions, with reasons, within thirty days after the agreement ends, or within fifteen days after the landlord receives the renter's new mailing address, whichever is later.
- Where there is damage to the unit, that period is thirty days longer.
- The renter tells the landlord, within thirty days after the agreement ends, where the payment and notice can be sent.
- No interest is owed on the deposit.
A rental agreement has to say whether any part of a deposit is nonrefundable, and the renter gets written notice of it when the deposit is taken.
A landlord who unreasonably fails to return the deposit or account for it can be made to pay back the full deposit and court costs. If the landlord wins and the court finds the renter sued unreasonably, the landlord may be awarded court costs.
Sources for this section (2)
- W.S. 1-21-1208 — Deductions from deposit; written itemization; time limits; failure to give notice; recovery by renter; utilities deposit; penalty
- W.S. 1-21-1207 — Required notice of nonrefundable deposit
Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of October 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed Wyoming attorney.