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Article 1 - General Provisions and Definitions.
Division 1 - Short Title, Construction, Application and Subject Matter of the Chapter.
Section 35-9A-101 - Short Title. - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...
Section 35-9A-102 - Purposes; Rules of Construction. - (a) This chapter shall be liberally construed and applied to...
Section 35-9A-103 - Supplementary Principles of Law Applicable. - Unless displaced by the provisions of this chapter, the principles...
Section 35-9A-104 - Construction Against Implicit Repeal. - This chapter being a general act intended as a unified...
Section 35-9A-105 - Administration of Remedies; Enforcement. - (a) The remedies provided by this chapter shall be so...
Section 35-9A-106 - Settlement of Disputed Claim or Right. - A claim or right arising under this chapter or on...
Section 35-9A-107 - Notice Requirement. - A cause of action or civil complaint initiated pursuant to...
Division 2 - Scope and Jurisdiction.
Section 35-9A-121 - Territorial Application. - This chapter applies to and is the exclusive remedy to...
Section 35-9A-122 - Exclusions From Application of Chapter. - Unless created to avoid the application of this chapter, the...
Section 35-9A-123 - Jurisdiction and Service of Process. - (a) The district and circuit courts of this state, according...
Division 3 - General Definitions and Principles of Intrepretation: Notice.
Section 35-9A-141 - Definitions. - Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent articles of this...
Section 35-9A-142 - Obligation of Good Faith. - Every agreement and duty under this chapter and every act...
Section 35-9A-143 - Unconscionability. - (a) If the court, as a matter of law, finds:...
Section 35-9A-144 - Notice. - (a) A person has notice of a fact if: (1)...
Division 4 - General Provisions.
Section 35-9A-161 - Terms and Conditions of Rental Agreement. - (a) A landlord and a tenant may include in a...
Section 35-9A-162 - Effect of Unsigned or Undelivered Rental Agreement. - (a) If a landlord does not sign and deliver a...
Section 35-9A-163 - Prohibited Provisions in Rental Agreements. - (a) A rental agreement may not provide that the tenant:...
Section 35-9A-164 - Payment of Rent Prerequisite to Enforcing Remedies Under This Chapter. - The tenant may not withhold payment of rent to the...
Article 2 - Landlord Obligations.
Section 35-9A-201 - Security Deposits; Prepaid Rent. - (a) A landlord may not demand or receive money as...
Section 35-9A-202 - Disclosure. - (a) A landlord or any person authorized to enter into...
Section 35-9A-203 - Landlord to Deliver Possession of Dwelling Unit. - At the commencement of the term, a landlord shall deliver...
Section 35-9A-204 - Landlord to Maintain Premises. - (a) A landlord shall: (1) comply with the requirements of...
Section 35-9A-205 - Limitation of Liability. - (a) Unless otherwise agreed, a landlord who conveys premises that...
Article 3 - Tenant Obligations.
Section 35-9A-301 - Tenant to Maintain Dwelling Unit. - A tenant shall: (1) comply with all obligations primarily imposed...
Section 35-9A-302 - Rules and Regulations. - (a) "Rules" or "regulations" pertaining to a residential lease are...
Section 35-9A-303 - Access. - (a) A tenant shall not unreasonably withhold consent to the...
Section 35-9A-304 - Tenant to Use and Occupy. - Unless otherwise agreed, a tenant shall occupy the dwelling unit...
Article 4 - 35-9a-461
Division 1 - Tenant Remedies.
Section 35-9A-401 - Noncompliance by the Landlord. - (a) Except as provided in this chapter, if there is...
Section 35-9A-402 - Failure to Deliver Possession. - (a) If the landlord fails to deliver possession of the...
Section 35-9A-404 - Wrongful Failure to Make Available Heat, Water, Hot Water, or Essential Services. - (a) The landlord is not responsible for the payment of...
Section 35-9A-405 - Counterclaims for Action for Possession or Rent. - (a) In an action for possession or in an action...
Section 35-9A-406 - Fire or Casualty Damage. - (a) If the dwelling unit or premises are damaged or...
Section 35-9A-407 - Tenant's Remedies for Landlord's Unlawful Ouster, Exclusion, or Diminution of Service. - If a landlord unlawfully removes or excludes the tenant from...
Division 2 - Landlord Remedies.
Section 35-9A-421 - Noncompliance With Rental Agreement; Failure to Pay Rent. - (a) Except as provided in this chapter, if there is...
Section 35-9A-422 - Failure to Maintain. - If there is noncompliance by the tenant with Section 35-9A-301...
Section 35-9A-423 - Remedies for Absence, Nonuse, and Abandonment. - (a) If a rental agreement requires the tenant to give...
Section 35-9A-424 - Waiver of Landlord's Right to Terminate. - Acceptance of rent with knowledge of a default by the...
Section 35-9A-425 - Landlord Liens; Distraint for Rent. - (a) A lien or security interest on behalf of the...
Section 35-9A-426 - Remedy After Termination. - If a rental agreement is terminated, the landlord has a...
Section 35-9A-427 - Recovery of Possession Limited. - A landlord may not recover or take possession of the...
Division 3 - Periodic Tenancy; Holdover; Abuse of Access.
Section 35-9A-441 - Periodic Tenancy; Holdover Remedies. - (a) The landlord or the tenant may terminate a week-to-week...
Section 35-9A-442 - Landlord and Tenant Remedies for Abuse of Access. - (a) If a tenant refuses to allow lawful access, the...
Division 4 - Court Actions by Landlord.
Section 35-9A-461 - Landlord's Action for Eviction, Rent, Monetary Damages, or Other Relief. - (a) A landlord's action for eviction, rent, monetary damages, or...
Article 5 - Retaliatory Conduct.
Section 35-9A-501 - Retaliatory Conduct Prohibited. - (a) Except as provided in this section, a landlord may...
Article 6 - Effective Date, Savings Clause, Severability.
Section 35-9A-601 - Effective Date. - Except for subsection (b) of Section 35-9A-163 which shall become...
Section 35-9A-602 - Savings Clause. - Transactions entered into before January 1, 2007, and not extended...
Section 35-9A-603 - Severability. - If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof...