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Subchapter 1 - Title, Construction, Application, and Subject Matter of Chapter
§ 18-17-101. Title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 18-17-102. Purposes — Rules of construction - (a) This chapter shall be liberally construed and applied to...
§ 18-17-103. Administration of remedies — Enforcement - (a) The remedies provided by this chapter shall be administered...
§ 18-17-104. Settlement of disputed claim or right - A claim or right arising under this chapter or on...
Subchapter 2 - Scope and Jurisdiction
§ 18-17-201. Territorial application - This chapter applies to, regulates, and determines rights, obligations, and...
§ 18-17-202. Exclusions from application of chapter - The following arrangements are not governed by this chapter: (1)...
§ 18-17-203. Jurisdiction and service of process - The district court or appropriate court of this state shall...
Subchapter 3 - General Definitions and Principles of Interpretation — Notice
§ 18-17-301. General definitions - As used in this chapter: (1) “Action” means a recoupment,...
§ 18-17-302. Obligation of good faith - Every duty under this chapter and every act that shall...
§ 18-17-303. Notice - (a) (1) A person has notice of a fact if:...
Subchapter 4 - General Provisions
§ 18-17-401. Terms and conditions of rental agreement - (a) A landlord and a tenant may include in a...
Subchapter 5 - Landlord Obligations
§ 18-17-501. Security deposits - Section 18-16-301 et seq. shall determine: (1) Whether a security...
Subchapter 6 - Tenant Obligations
§ 18-17-601. Tenant to maintain dwelling unit - A tenant shall: (1) Comply with all obligations primarily imposed...
§ 18-17-602. Access - (a) A tenant shall not unreasonably withhold consent to the...
§ 18-17-603. Tenant to use and occupy - Unless otherwise agreed, a tenant shall occupy his or her...
Subchapter 7 - Landlord Remedies
§ 18-17-701. Noncompliance with rental agreement — Failure to pay rent — Removal of evicted tenant's personal property - (a) (1) Except as provided in this chapter, if there...
§ 18-17-702. Noncompliance affecting health and safety - (a) (1) If there is noncompliance by the tenant with...
§ 18-17-703. Remedy after termination - If the rental agreement is terminated, the landlord has a...
§ 18-17-704. Periodic tenancy — Holdover remedies - (a) The landlord or the tenant may terminate a week-to-week...
§ 18-17-705. Landlord remedies for refusal of access to rental property - (a) If the tenant refuses to allow lawful access, the...
§ 18-17-706. Payment of rent into court - In any action in which the landlord sues for possession...
§ 18-17-707. Bond on appeal and order staying execution - (a) Upon appeal to the circuit court, the case shall...
Subchapter 8 - Miscellaneous
§ 18-17-801. Severability - If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof...
§ 18-17-802. Prior transactions - Transactions entered into before July 31, 2007, and not extended...
Subchapter 9 - Eviction Proceedings
§ 18-17-901. Grounds for eviction of tenant - (a) A landlord or his or her agent may commence...
§ 18-17-902. Eviction proceeding - (a) (1) (A) When grounds exist for eviction of a...
§ 18-17-903. Service of order — Posting and mailing requirements - (a) The copy of the order to vacate under §...
§ 18-17-904. Tenant ejected on failure to show cause - If the tenant fails to appear and show cause within...
§ 18-17-905. Trial of issue - If the tenant appears and contests eviction, the court shall...
§ 18-17-906. Designation of parties in eviction - In any eviction proceeding in a district court, the landlord...
§ 18-17-907. Effect of judgment for plaintiff - If the judgment is for the plaintiff, the district court...
§ 18-17-908. Effect of judgment for defendant - If the judgment is for the defendant, the tenant shall...
§ 18-17-909. Appeal - Either party may appeal in an eviction case and the...
§ 18-17-910. Bond required to stay eviction on appeal - (a) An appeal in an eviction case will not stay...
§ 18-17-911. Accrual of rent after institution of proceedings - (a) (1) After the commencement of eviction proceedings by the...
§ 18-17-912. Commercial leases - (a) In any action involving a commercial lease in which...
§ 18-17-913. Execution of writ of possession - In executing a writ of possession, the sheriff shall proceed...