HB80 Alabama 2011 Session

Updated Jul 26, 2021

HB80 Alabama 2011 Session

House Bill

Expired

Current Status

Regular Session 2011

Session

1

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Greg Wren
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2011
Title: Landlord-tenant, rental agreement, tenant to pay certain attorney's fees under certain conditions, Sec. 35-9A-163 am'd.
Description: Under existing law, a rental agreement may not include a provision in which the tenant agrees to pay the landlord's attorney's fees or cost of collection.
This bill would allow a rental agreement to include a provision in which the tenant agrees to pay the landlord's reasonable attorney's fees when the landlord prevails in an action against the tenant and is a corporation or other entity required under Alabama state law to be represented by an attorney in a legal proceeding.
Subjects: Landlord-Tenant

Bill Actions

Indefinitely Postponed

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Commerce and Small Business

Bill Text

Download Introduced PDF

Documents

Bill Text (Introduced) HB80 Alabama 2011 Session - Introduced

Source: Alabama Legislature