State Laws
Want to know the laws in your state? Here you can access the current laws for all 50 states. Please note: some cities and municipalities have laws that are different from state law.
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- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas Click on Title 18 (Property), then Subtitle 2 (Real Property), and the Landlord-Tenant Law is in Chapters 16 and 17.
- California (searchable index) Check the Box “Civil Code” and type “landlord tenant” in the search field
- Colorado (Go to Title 38, Article 12)
- Connecticut
- Delaware (begins at Chapter 51)
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia (searchable index)
- Guam
- Hawaii
- Idaho (searchable index)
- Illinois (scroll down to Landlord and Tenant)
- Indiana
- Iowa (searchable index)
- Kansas (searchable index)
- Kentucky (see Title XXXII)
- Louisiana (searchable index)
- Maine
- Maryland (searchable index)
- Massachusetts (see Chapters 183-189)
- Michigan (scroll down to “Housing”)
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri Revised Statutes | Chapter 441, and |
chapter 535 (Landlord-Tenant Actions)
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada (see Chapters 118, 118A, 118B)
- New Hampshire (Look in Chapters 540 A-C)
- New Jersey — see Title 2A (searchable index)
- New Mexico (See Articles 8 & 8A)
- New York | Alternate Site (search)
- North Carolina
- North Dakota (Adobe Acrobat Reader Required)
- Ohio
- Oklahoma (searchable index)
- Oregon (see Chapters 90-105)
- Pennsylvania (pdf of entire code)
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina (scroll down to t27c033 through t27c041)
- South Dakota
- Tennessee (Found in Title 66, chapters 28, 29 and 35)
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont (Go to Title 9, Part 7)
- Virginia
- Virgin Islands
- Washington
- West Virginia (Landlord-Tenant Act is in 37-6 and following)
- Wisconsin (see Chapters 700-710) | Alternate Site
- Wyoming (pdf of entire code, you need Acrobat Reader)
