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Chart: Landlord-Tenant Statutes, State by State

Below you will find links to the official landlord-tenant statutes for all 50 states and D.C. To get started, choose a link from the list below.

AlabamaTitle 35, Chapter 9
AlaskaTitle 34, Chapter 34.03
ArizonaTitle 33, Chapter 3 (scroll down)
ArkansasTitle 18, Subtitle 2, Chapter 16 (expand "Arkansas Code" list in left frame)
California§§ 1925-1954, §§ 1961-1962.7 (scroll down)
Colorado Title 38, Article 12, Part I and Part III
ConnecticutTitle 47a
DelawareTitle 25, Chapters 51-59
District of Columbia Title 42, Subtitle VII (scroll down)
FloridaTitle VI, Chapter 83
GeorgiaTitle 44, Chapter 7 (scroll down and expand Title 44)
HawaiiChapter 521
IdahoTitle 55, Chapter 2 and Chapter 3, §§ 208-308 (Property in General)
Title 6, Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 (Actions in Particular Cases)
IllinoisChapter 765 Sections 705 to 750 (scroll down to "Landlord and Tenant")
IndianaTitle 32, Article 31
IowaTitle XIV, Subtitle 2, Chapter 562 (in left frame, expand "2007 Iowa Code," "Statutes," "2007 Iowa Code")
KansasChapter 58, Article 25, §§ 2501-2573 (scroll down and select)
KentuckyTitle XXXII, Chapter 383
LouisianaCivil Code: Ancillaries - Leases; RS 9:3201 to 9:3341 (scroll down)
Article 2668-2729
MaineTitle 14, Part 7, Chapter 709, Subchapter 1
Maryland Real Property Article, Title 8 (scroll down)
MassachusettsPart II, Title I, Chapter 186
MichiganChapter 554, Act 348 of 1972
MinnesotaChapter 504B
MississippiTitle 89, Chapter 7 and Chapter 8 (expand "Mississippi Code of 1972" in left frame)
MissouriChapter 441 (Landlord-Tenant)
Chapter 535, 150-300 (Landlord-Tenant Actions)
MontanaTitle 70, Chapter 24-Chapter 27
NebraskaChapter 76, §§ 1401-1449 (scroll down)
NevadaTitle 10, Chapter 118 and Chapter 118A ("Landlord and Tenant"; scroll down)
Title 3, Chapter 40, §§ 215-280 ("Summary Proceedings for Obtaining Possesssion of Real Property")
New HampshireTitle LV, Chapter 540 ("Actions Against Tenants")
Title LV, Chapter 540-A ("Prohibited Practices and Security Deposits")
New JerseyTitle 46, Chapter 8 (scroll down, expand list, click through)
New MexicoChapter 47, Article 8 (expand "New Mexico Statutes and Court Rules," "Statutory Chapters in New Mexico Statutes Annotated 1978" in left frame)
New YorkRPP: Real Property - Article 7: Landlord and Tenant
North CarolinaChapter 42: Landlord and Tenant
North DakotaTitle 47, Chapter 16: Leasing of Real Property [PDF file]
OhioChapter 5321: Landlords and Tenants
OklahomaTitle 41: Landlord and Tenant [Microsoft Word Read-only file]
Oregon Chapter 90: Residential Landlord and Tenant
PennsylvaniaTitle 68: Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951
Rhode IslandTitle 34, Chapter 18: Residential Landlord and Tenant Act
South CarolinaTitle 27, Chapter 40: Residential Landlord and Tenant Act
South DakotaChapter 43-32: Lease of Real Property
TennesseeTitle 66, Chapter 28 (expand "Tennessee Code" in left frame)
TexasTitle 8, Chapter 91 and Chapter 92 (scroll down)
UtahTitle 57, Chapter 17 ("Residential Renters' Deposit")
Title 57, Chapter 22 ("Utah Fit Premises Act")
VermontTitle 9, Chapter 137: Residential Rental Agreements
VirginiaTitle 55, Chapters 13.1-13.3 (scroll down)
WashingtonChapter 59.18: Residential Landlord-Tenant Act
West VirginiaChapter 37, sections 6-1 to 6-30 (scroll down in left frame)
WisconsinChapter 704 (expand "Statutes Related," "Statutes Table of Contents," "Property," "Chapter 704")
Wyoming Title 34, Chapter 2 ("Deeds, Mortgages, and Leases")
Title 1, Chapter 21, Article 12 ("Residential Rental Property")

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