Indiana landlord-tenant law.

Security deposits

Deposit limit. No statutory cap. Indiana law does not set a minimum or maximum deposit amount; the landlord and tenant set it by agreement (Indiana Code Title 32, Article 31).

Getting it back. Landlord must deliver a written, itemized list of any deductions (unpaid rent, damages from tenant noncompliance, unpaid utility or sewer charges) plus any amount owed, not more than 45 days after the rental agreement ends and possession is delivered, and only after the tenant has given the landlord a written mailing address for the notice. Failure to comply lets the tenant recover the full deposit plus reasonable attorney's fees (IC 32-31-3-12).

Late fees and rent

No statute caps late fees or sets a mandatory grace period; the amount is set by the lease and must be reasonable rather than punitive under ordinary contract principles.

Ending a tenancy

Nonpayment of rent. Landlord may terminate for nonpayment with not less than 10 days' written notice to pay, unless the lease provides otherwise or the tenant pays in full before the notice period expires (Ind. Code § 32-31-1-6).

Month-to-month termination. A tenancy at will, which includes an ordinary month-to-month tenancy (a general holdover tenancy is presumed month-to-month), can be ended by either party with one month's written notice (IC 32-31-1-1, IC 32-31-1-2).

Landlord entry

No Indiana statute requires advance notice before a landlord enters an occupied unit; entry timing is left to the lease and general common-law reasonableness, and emergency entry needs no notice.

Required disclosures

• Federal lead-based paint disclosure for housing built before 1978 (42 U.S.C. Section 4852d)
• No broad statewide statute requires additional written lease disclosures beyond the federal lead-paint rule; Indiana's landlord-tenant statute (Title 32, Article 31) is comparatively thin on disclosure duties compared to most other states in this list

Lease clauses that do not hold up

• Indiana has no broad statutory list voiding specific lease clauses; no general ban on confession-of-judgment, exculpatory, or attorney-fee-shifting clauses was found in Title 32, Article 31, so such terms are instead tested case by case under ordinary contract and consumer-protection law
• A lease cannot shorten or waive the one month's notice required to terminate a tenancy at will under IC 32-31-1-1

Notes for landlords

Indiana is one of the lighter-touch states in this set: no deposit cap, no late fee cap, no entry-notice statute, and no statutory pay-or-quit period, so the lease and local custom carry more of the practical weight than in URLTA-style states. The one hard deadline that is enforced is the 45-day itemized security deposit return under IC 32-31-3-12, and only once the tenant has given a forwarding address in writing.

Sources

• https://codes.findlaw.com/in/title-32-property/in-code-sect-32-31-3-12/
• https://codes.findlaw.com/in/title-32-property/in-code-sect-32-31-1-1/
• https://codes.findlaw.com/in/title-32-property/in-code-sect-32-31-1-2/
• https://www.doorloop.com/laws/indiana-landlord-tenant-rights
• https://law.justia.com/codes/indiana/title-32/article-31/chapter-1/section-32-31-1-6/