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Section 27-40-10. Short title. - This chapter is known and may be cited as the...
Section 27-40-20. Purposes; rules of construction. - (a) This chapter must be liberally construed and applied to...
Section 27-40-30. Supplementary rules of law applicable. - Unless displaced by the provisions of this chapter, the principles...
Section 27-40-40. Construction against implicit repeal. - This chapter being a general chapter intended as a unified...
Section 27-40-50. Administration of remedies; enforcement. - (a) The remedies provided by this chapter must be so...
Section 27-40-60. Settlement of disputed claim or right. - A claim or right arising under this chapter or on...
Section 27-40-110. Territorial application. - This chapter applies to, regulates, and determines rights, obligations, and...
Section 27-40-120. Exclusions from application of chapter. - The following arrangements are not governed by this chapter: (1)...
Section 27-40-130. Jurisdiction and service of process. - (a) The circuit courts and magistrate courts of this State...
Section 27-40-210. General definitions. - Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent articles of this...
Section 27-40-220. Obligation of good faith. - Every duty under this chapter and every act which must...
Section 27-40-230. Unconscionability. - (a) If the court as a matter of law, finds:...
Section 27-40-240. Notice. - (A) A person has notice of a fact if: (1)...
Section 27-40-310. Terms and conditions of rental agreement. - (a) A landlord and a tenant may include in a...
Section 27-40-320. Effect of unsigned or undelivered rental agreement. - (a) If the landlord does not sign and deliver a...
Section 27-40-330. Prohibited provisions in rental agreements. - (a) A rental agreement may not provide that the tenant:...
Section 27-40-340. Separation of rents and obligations to maintain property forbidden. - A rental agreement, assignment, conveyance, trust deed, mortgage, or security...
Section 27-40-410. Security deposits; prepaid rent. - (a) Upon termination of the tenancy, property or money held...
Section 27-40-420. Disclosure. - (a) A landlord or any person authorized to enter into...
Section 27-40-430. Landlord to deliver possession of dwelling unit. - At the commencement of the term a landlord shall deliver...
Section 27-40-440. Landlord to maintain premises. - (a) A landlord shall: (1) comply with the requirements of...
Section 27-40-450. Limitation of liability. - (a) Unless otherwise agreed, a landlord who conveys the premises...
Section 27-40-510. Tenant to maintain dwelling unit. - A tenant shall: (1) comply with all obligations primarily imposed...
Section 27-40-520. Rules and regulations. - (a) A landlord, from time to time, may adopt rules...
Section 27-40-530. Access. - (a) A tenant shall not unreasonably withhold consent to the...
Section 27-40-540. Tenant to use and occupy. - Unless otherwise agreed, a tenant shall occupy his dwelling unit...
Section 27-40-610. Noncompliance by landlord in general. - (a) Except as provided in this chapter, if there is...
Section 27-40-620. Failure to deliver possession. - (a) If the landlord fails to deliver possession of the...
Section 27-40-630. Wrongful failure to provide essential services. - (a) If the landlord is negligent or wilful in failing...
Section 27-40-640. Landlord's noncompliance as defense to action for possession or rent. - (a) In an action for possession based upon nonpayment of...
Section 27-40-650. Fire or casualty damage. - (a) If the dwelling unit or premises are damaged or...
Section 27-40-660. Tenant's remedies for landlord's unlawful ouster or exclusion. - If a landlord unlawfully removes or excludes the tenant from...
Section 27-40-710. Noncompliance with rental agreement; failure to pay rent; removal of evicted tenant's personal property. - (A) Except as provided in this chapter, if there is...
Section 27-40-720. Noncompliance affecting health and safety. - (a) If there is noncompliance by the tenant with Section...
Section 27-40-730. Remedies for absence, nonuse, and abandonment. - (a) The unexplained absence of a tenant from a dwelling...
Section 27-40-740. Landlord's lien; distress proceeding. - (a) A contractual lien or contractual security interest on behalf...
Section 27-40-750. Remedy after termination. - If the rental agreement is terminated, the landlord has a...
Section 27-40-760. Recovery of possession limited. - A landlord may not recover or take possession of the...
Section 27-40-770. Periodic tenancy; holdover remedies. - (a) The landlord or the tenant may terminate a week-to-week...
Section 27-40-780. Landlord and tenant remedies for abuse of access. - (a) If the tenant refuses to allow lawful access, the...
Section 27-40-790. Payment of rent into court. - In any action where the landlord sues for possession and...
Section 27-40-800. Undertaking on appeal and order staying execution. - (a) Upon appeal to the circuit court, the case must...
Section 27-40-910. Retaliatory conduct prohibited. - (a) Except as provided in this section, a landlord shall...
Section 27-40-920. Conflict with Title 27. - Chapter 35, Title 27, Chapter 37, Title 27, and Article...
Section 27-40-930. Severability. - If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof...
Section 27-40-940. Prior transactions. - Transactions entered into before the effective date of this chapter,...