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Landlord and Tenant legal disputes are inevitable in the landlord and property management business. It is important that you know your legal rights as a landlord before advancing a landlord tenant issue to the next step. Understanding the tenant's rights is also important. Landlord tenant legal actions must follow strict guidelines in terms of procedure and time frames. The Landlord Protection Agency recommends you seek an attorney's advice before beginning legal action.
Landlord Tenant laws, rights, duties and legal information are also available in the Landlord Books shown in the left sidebar of this page.

Below is a list of links to state Landlord Tenant Laws and Statutes that affect our rentals.

• U. S. Environmental Protection Agency State Radon Offices
  
  
• Fair Housing Act The US Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Division
  
  
• HUD: Fair Housing -- It's Your Right, Fair Housing Act
  
  
• Megan's Law Sex Offender Registry by State
  
  
• National Center for State Courts Private/Public Access to Court Records by State
  
  
• Alabama Landlord Tenant Law
  
  
• Alabama Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act - PDF
  
  
• Alabama's New Landlord Tenant Law Highlights
  
  
• Alabama Landlord Tenant Rights Defined
  Article By Brock Parker, Reporter
  
  
• Alaska Landlord Tenant Act Printable Booklet
  
  
• Arizona Landlord Tenant Info
  
  
• Arizona Landlord Tenant Law
  
  
• Arizona Security Deposits
  
  
• Arkansas Landlord - Tenant Law
  
  
• California A Guide to Residential Tenants’ and Landlords’ Rights and Responsibilities
  PDF Booklet from California Dept. of Consumer Affairs (Revised July 2012)
  
  
• California Governmet Landlord Tenant Forms
  
  
• California Landlord - Tenant Law
  
  
• California Apartment Association : AB 1482 Is your single-family home or condo exempt from California’s statewide rent cap and “just cause” for eviction provisions under the Tenant Protection Act (AB 1482)?
  
  
• California Apartment Association : Notice of Change of Terms of Tenancy (AB 1482 Separately Alienable Exemption) CA-154
  
  
• California Security Deposit Law
  
  
• California Pre-Moveout Inspection Law
  
  
• California Abandonment of Personal Property in the Rental
  
  
• Human Rights/Fair Housing Commission of Sacramento - Landlord Tenant Information
  
  
• California Fair Housing Handbook
  (PDF Booklet from The Regional Human Rights/Fair Housing Commission)
  
  
• California Dept of Real Estate - Landlord Tenant Matters
  
  
• California: Leasing with Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese or Korean Speaking Tenants From the California Department of Consumer Affairs
  
  
• Colorado Landlord Tenant Law
  
  
• Colorado Landlord Tenant Rights PDF
  
  
• Colorado Landlord Tenant Law with COLORADO FAST FACTS
  
  
• Colorado Landlord Law (City of Boulder)
  
  
• Colorado Landlord Tenant Handbook (PDF Booklet City of Boulder)
  
  
• Connecticut Landlord Tenant Law
  
  
• Connecticut Landlord Tenant Law
  
  
• Connecticut Rental Security Deposits: Key Issues for Landlords and Tenants
  
  
• Connecticut Law About Rental Security Deposits
  
  
• Delaware Landlord Tenant Law
  
  
• Delaware Landlord Tenant Information
  
  
• Florida Landlord Tenant Law - FloridaREI.com
  
  
• 2016 Florida Statutes 83.683 Rental application by a servicemember
  
  
• Florida Security Deposit Rules - Florida Landlord Network
  
  
• Florida Statutes 2013 83.49 Deposit money or advance rent; duty of landlord and tenant.
  
  
• Florida's Landlord Tenant Law
  
  
• Florida's Landlord Tenant Law - Housing and Urban Development
  
  
• Eight Legislative Changes to the Florida Residential Landlord and Tenant Act From the real estate attorneys at Henderson Franklin
  
  
• Georgia Landlord Tenant Law
  
  
• Georgia Landlord-Tenant Issues and Handbook
  
  
  
• Hawaii Landlord Tenant Law
  
  
• Idaho Landlord Tenant Law
  
  
• Idaho Landlord Tenant Law Guidelines Booklet
  
  
• Illinois Landlord Tenant Law
  
  
• Chicago Illinois Landlord Tenant Law
  
  
• Illinois Landlord Tenant Law from Illinois Legal Aid
  The Eviction Process
  
  
• Illinois Landlord Tenant Law from Illinois Legal Aid
  Renting the Right Way - Table of Contents
  
  
• Indiana Landlord Tenant Law
  
  
• Iowa Landlord Tenant Law Provided by Iowa Legal Aid
  
  
• Iowa Landlord Tenant Law Code 562A
  
  
• Kansas Landlord Tenant Law
  
  
• Kentucky Landlord / Tenant Law
  
  
• Louisiana Landlord Tenant Rights
  
  
• Maine Landlord Tenant Law
  
  
• Maine: Tenant Rights, Laws and Protections
  
  
• Maryland Landlord Tenant Law
  
  
• Landlord Tenant Matters, Anne Arundle County, MD
  
  
• Massachusetts Landlord Tenant Law
  
  
• Massachusetts - Help for Small Landlords - Volunteer Lawyers Project CovidEviction Legal Help Project Services
  The Volunteer Lawyers Project’s COVID Eviction Legal Help Project is a team of attorneys, paralegals, and law students from all segments of the community working together to serve lower income small landlords throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. VLP offers free or low-cost legal representation, financial assistance application support and 100% free educational materials and resources.
  
  
• Massachusetts Landlord Tenant Law - Security Deposits From RentLaw.com
  
  
• Michigan Landlord Tenant Law
  
  
• Michigan Security Deposit Law
  
  
• Michigan Landlord Tenant Law Booklet downloadable in PDF format
  
  
• Landlord Tenant Matters - Genesee County, Michigan
  
  
• Minnesota Landlord Tenant Law
  
  
• Minnesota State Statutes
  
  
• Mississippi Residential Landlord Tenant Act
  
  
• Missouri Landlord Tenant Law Revised Statutes Chapter 441
  
  
• Missouri Landlord Tenant Law Booklet (PDF download)
  
  
• Missouri Local Tenant Rights, Laws and Protections HUD
  
  
• Montana Landlord Tenant Law
  
  
• Nebraska Landlord Tenant Law
  
  
• Nevada Eviction Law
  
  
• New Hampshire State Law
  
  
• New Hampshire Landlord Tenant District Court - Judicial Branch
  
  
• New Jersey Law in Review: Landlord Tenant Law
  
  
• New Jersey Security Deposits
  
  
• New Jersey Security Deposit Law - From the Law Office of Michael D. Mirne
  
  
• New Mexico Landlord Tenant Law
  
  
• New York State Landlord Tenant Eviction Trial Preparation Pamphlet
  
  
• New York State Attorney General: Service Animals
  
  
• New York City Tenant Rights & Landlord Law
  
  
• Suffolk County Landlord Tenant Courts
  
  
• North Carolina Landlord Tenant Law (PDF format)
  
  
• North Carolina Bar Association
  
  
• North Dakota Landlord Tenant LAw Cass Countyl
  
  
• North DakotaTenant Rights, Laws, and Protections
  
  
• Ohio Landlord Tenant Law
  
  
• Ohio's Landlord and Tenant Law
  
  
• Ohio Landlord Tenant Law Tenant Rights, Laws and Protections in Ohio supplied by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
  
  
• Oklahoma Landlord Tenant Law
  
  
• Oregon Landlord Tenant Law
  
  
• Oregon Landlord Tenant Law Oregon State Bar
  
  
• Pennsylvania Landlord Tenant Law
  
  
• Pennsylvania Security Deposit Law
  
  
• Pennsylvania Landlord Tenant Act (PDF)
  
  
• Rhode Island Landlord Tenant Law
  
  
• Rhode Island Landlord Tenant Handbook (PDF)
  
  
• South Carolina Landlord Tenant Law
  
  
• South Dakota Landlord Tenant Law
  
  
• Tennessee Landlord and Tenant Law
  
  
• Tennessee Landlord Tenant Act
  
  
• Tennessee Landlord Tenant Act
  
  
• Texas Landlord Tenant Information
  
  
• Texas Landlord Tenant Statutes
  
  
• Texas Security Deposits
  
  
• Utah Landlord Tenant Law
  
  
• Utah Landlord Tenant Law
  
  
• Utah Landlord Tenant Law HUD Tenant Rights
  
  
• Vermont Statutes
  
  
• Virginia Eviction Law
  
  
• Virginia Landlord Tenant Act
  
  
• Washington D.C. Landlord Tenant Law
  
  
• A Tenant's Guide to Landlord Tenant Law in Washington D.C. PDF Pamphlet
  
  
• Washington Landlord Tenant Law
  
  
• Washington State Residential Landlord Tenant Act
  
  
• Washington State Evictions
  
  
• Washington State Security Deposit Returns
  More on Deposit Returns
  
  
• West Virginia Landlord Tenant Law
  
  
• West Virginia Tenant Rights Booklet - PDF Free Download
  
  
• Wisconsin Landlord Tenant Law
  
  
• Wisconsin Consumer Protection Laws Landlord-Tenant Practices
  
  
• Wisconsin State Landlord-Tenant Law - CHAPTER 704
  
  
• The Wisconsin Way - A Guide for Landlords and Tenants (PDF Booklet)
  
  
• Wisconsin Landlord-Tenant Law - Wisconsin State Law Library
  
  
• Wisconsin's ATCP 134: THE 7 DEADLY SINS – 7 PROHIBITED RENTAL PROVISIONS
  
  
• Wyoming Real Estate Statutes
  
  
• Wyoming RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT
  
  
  
  
  Canada
  
  
• Alberta Landlord Tenant Law
  
  
• Rights and responsibilities of landlords and tenants in Alberta
  
  
• Alberta Landlord Tenant Information
  
  
• Landlord Tenant Law in British Columbia, Canada under British Columbia's Residential Tenancy Act
  
  
• A Guide for Landlords & Tenants in British Columbia
  This complete guide includes Notice procedures and timelines for beginning and ending tenancies and much more.
  
  
• Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, Statutes of Ontario 2006, chapter 17
  
  
  
  England
  
  
• Landlord Law Online for England and Wales
  
  
  
  Scotland, UK
  
  
• Scottish Landlord Tenant Law
  
  
  
  Australia
  
  
• Landlord Tenant Law in Australia
  
  
  
  South Africa
  
  
• Landlord Tenant Law in South Africa
  
  
  
  

  Ask the Attorney Real Estate Attorney John Reno has specialized in landlord tenant law for many years. As an expert in landlord tenant legal matters, Mr. Reno answers questions asked by LPA members. Do any of these questions apply to your rental(s)?

  
  
  
  Security Deposits and How to Collect From Them
  
  What Do I Do When...The Tenant Wants to Leave?
  
  What Do I Do When The Tenant Has Moved Out?
  
  What Do I Do When The Tenant Asks Me to Use the Security Deposit as Rent?
  
  How Do I Make Sure the Tenant Will Take Good Care of My Property?
  
  What Do I Do When the Tenant Argues About Deductions From the Security Deposit?
  
  Security Deposit Return Time Chart State by State
  View or print the Security Deposit Return Chart. Avoid lawsuits and comply with state security deposit return laws.
  Know your state's time limit to return the security deposit and/or notify tenants of deductions from deposits.

  
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• Carbon Monoxide Laws & Information
  
  
• State Specific Lease Clause Index, Security Deposit Limits, Late Fees, Notice Periods, etc.
  For LPA Leases and LPA Rental Agreements which are included free in your LPA Membership. The state landlord tenant laws vary slightly across the US. The LPA State Specific Lease Clause Index gives you your state's clause inserts for your LPA Lease or Rental Agreement so you can be in full compliance with your state notice periods and other lease details.

  State specific versions of the LPA Lease are available at Essential Landlord Forms. You are also welcome to use our FREE State Specific Lease Clause Index.
  Each state link contains State Specific Lease - Rental Agreement clause inserts concerning notice periods for

  • Notice to Terminate Tenancy,
    
  • Notice to Pay Rent or Quit (cure default or lease violation),
    
  • Maximum Security Deposit allowed by state,
    
  • Late fee and screening fee limitations where applicable
  
  
  
  
  

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