Landlord-Tenant Laws

Table of Official Landlord Tenant Laws for All 50 states and D.C.

Alabama	Indiana	Nevada	South Dakota
Alaska	Iowa	New Hampshire Housing Standards Tenancy	Tennessee
Arizona	Kansas	New Jersey	Texas General Provisions Residential Tenancies
Arkansas (Title 18, Chp.16)	Kentucky	New Mexico	Utah Renters’ Deposits Fair Housing Act
California	Louisiana	New York	Vermont
Colorado (Title 38, Art. 12)	Maine	North Carolina	Virginia
Connecticut	Maryland	North Dakota	Washington
Delaware	Massachusetts	Ohio	West Virginia
Florida	Michigan	Oklahoma	Wisconsin
Georgia	Mississippi	Oregon	Wyoming Residential Rental Property Deeds, Mortgages and Leases
Hawaii	Missouri	Pennsylvania	District of Columbia Municipal Regs
Idaho	Montana	Rhode Island
Illinois	Nebraska	South Carolina

While we do our best to provide accurate and up to date links to the primary landlord tenant laws for each state, please note that laws and citations may change over time and various laws may exist that affect landlords and tenants that are not part of the primary landlord tenant laws of that state. In addition, cities and other municipalities may have their own landlord-tenant laws, which may differ from the state’s laws.

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