Security deposit rules sd-2026.11.19
Published interest rates and the cleaning rule are now written as dated values, one value from each date. No rule changed and no answer moved.
- Changed: Deductions.
Every change we have made to the rules we apply in Oklahoma, newest first. Each entry gives the ruleset version, the day we made the change and the rules it touched.
Dates are the days we made each change. A change reaches tektolo.com with the next release of the site. Changes that apply in every state are in the rules changelog. Rules changelog.
Published interest rates and the cleaning rule are now written as dated values, one value from each date. No rule changed and no answer moved.
TEKTOLO-407 to 410: one due date on the letter; inputs the engine ignored (GA, MT, MA, NC); blanks to describe each deducted item (TX, WI, GA, WA, NH, MA); CA estimates, demand wording and tenant-door gaps.
Adds each state's statute on re-renting and mitigation (33 states); in Oregon and Florida the early-termination fee and the later rent are alternatives.
Colorado HB25-1249 is applied by the date of the conduct; Oklahoma's and Iowa's reversion of unclaimed deposits computed; moving and storage is a deduction category.
Weekend and holiday roll-forward under each state's time-computation statute (32 states), with each state's own legal holidays.
Where the statute is silent on depreciation (49 states), an aged item is limited to its remaining value as an estimate; Colorado carpet over ten years old is barred.
Cleaning is typed per state, as named in the statute or recoverable only as damage beyond normal wear; a cleaning line of unknown kind is 'depends', never refused outright.
Loss of the right to withhold is typed per state and computed into the totals; consequences the tool does not compute are listed as unknowns.
Review fixes: inclusive tenancy thresholds, state holiday sets, Los Angeles and Maryland interest per rate year, Florida's notice of claim, Colorado's carpet and paint limits.
Each rule we apply in Oklahoma, with the day it took its current form.
| Rule | In this form since | Version |
|---|---|---|
| Deductions | October 15, 2026 | sd-2026.11.19 |
| Deposit cap | October 9, 2026 | sd-2026.10.0 |
| Interest | October 9, 2026 | sd-2026.10.0 |
| Itemized statement and records | October 9, 2026 | sd-2026.10.0 |
| Loss of the right to withhold | October 9, 2026 | sd-2026.10.3 |
| Notes | October 9, 2026 | sd-2026.10.1 |
| Penalties | October 9, 2026 | sd-2026.10.3 |
| Recent amendments | October 9, 2026 | sd-2026.10.0 |
| Return deadline | October 15, 2026 | sd-2026.11.18 |
| Statute | October 9, 2026 | sd-2026.10.0 |
| Statute text | October 9, 2026 | sd-2026.10.0 |
| Unclaimed deposits | October 10, 2026 | sd-2026.10.14 |
The same history is available as JSON. The API is free and needs no key.
/v1/rules/changes?state=OK&since=2026-01-01/v1/rules/history?rule=deposit-settlement/states/OK%23return/v1/rules/as-of?rule=deposit-settlement/states/OK&known=2026-10-01&valid=2025-12-01