Landlord & Tenant Laws in North Carolina.

If the final amount of damages cannot be determined within 30 days, North Carolina allows the landlord to send an interim accounting within 30 days and a final accounting within 60 days after the tenancy ends.

In North Carolina, a landlord generally must return the security deposit within 30 days after the tenancy ends, together with an itemized accounting of any lawful deductions. North Carolina also caps the amount of the security deposit based on the length of the tenancy.

North Carolina generally limits the security deposit to two weeks’ rent for week-to-week tenancies, one and one-half months’ rent for month-to-month tenancies, and two months’ rent for longer tenancies.