HB423 Alabama 2011 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Mike Jones

Republican

Co-Sponsor

Paul Beckman

Session

Regular Session 2011

Title

Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, definitions, unenforceable provisions in a rental agreement, access to rental property by a landlord for repairs, attorney fees, noncompliance by landlord or tenant, noncurable default, a landlord's remedy for abandonment of rental property by a tenant, further provided for, Secs. 35-9A-141, 35-9A-163, 35-9A-303, 35-9A-401, 35-9A-421, 35-9A-423, 35-9A-426 am'd.

Description

Existing law provides for the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act.

This bill would amend the act to further define the term "day," would further provide for the tenant to recover reasonable attorney fees under certain conditions, would further provide for unenforceable rental agreements, would provide for access to a landlord's property, would provide that a material misrepresentation by the tenant would be a material noncompliance with the rental agreement, would further provide for noncurable default of the rental agreement, would further provide for the landlord's remedy for a tenant's abandonment of rental property, and would clarify that the landlord may recover reasonable attorney fees as a part of the landlord's remedy after termination of a rental agreement.

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Subjects

Landlord-Tenant