Your home
Renting and the landlord, and when the police may come inside.
12 sections
- Getting the Deposit BackSection 47-8-18 — an itemized list and the balance within thirty days, or the right to keep any of it is lost
- How Big a Deposit Can BeSection 47-8-18 — one month's rent on a lease under a year; interest on a larger one under an annual lease
- Application and Screening FeesSection 47-8-19.2 — no more than $50, and back within thirty days if no screening was done
- Locked Out or Shut OffSection 47-8-36 — no lockout, utility shutoff or removal without a court order; twice the monthly rent
- When the Landlord Can Come InSection 47-8-24 — twenty-four hours' written notice, unless agreed otherwise or in an emergency
- Being EvictedSection 47-8-33 — three days' notice for unpaid rent, seven to cure another breach
- Ending a Month to Month or Week to WeekSection 47-8-37 — thirty days before the rental date for month to month, seven days for week to week
- When the Landlord RetaliatesSection 47-8-39 — no rent hike, cut in services or eviction for six months after a protected act
- Repairs and Abating RentSection 47-8-27.2 — a third of the daily rent from notice until a repair is made, after seven days
- Things Left BehindSection 47-8-34.1 — thirty days after abandonment, fourteen after surrender, three after a writ
- Housing DiscriminationSection 28-1-7 — no refusal to rent or sell, and no different terms, on a protected ground
- TrespassSection 30-14-1 — posted land without written permission, or any land after consent is refusedalso here
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