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Highlights of Alabama's new landlord-tenant law |
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Highlights of Alabama's new landlord-tenant law12/14/2006, 3:14 p.m. CTThe Associated Press (AP) — Highlights of Alabama's new landlord-tenant law, which takes effect Jan. 1: _requires landlords to make sure rental property is habitable, with working heat, electricity and water. _allows a tenant to break a lease after 14 days' notice when a landlord doesn't correct a major health and safety problem, such as a heating system not working. _allows a landlord to break a lease with seven days' notice for not paying the rent and with 14 days' notice for other lease violations. _standardizes eviction procedures throughout the state. _speeds up the eviction process for landlords by giving cases priority in district court. _provides that security deposits can't be more than one month's rent, with the exception of additional risk-related charges, such as pet deposits. _requires landlords to return security deposits within 35 days after a lease ends or provide an accounting of why money was taken out of the deposit for repairs. _says landlords must give two days' written notice before entering rental property, except in an emergency. _says landlords are under no obligation to pay interest on security deposits. _requires tenants to notify their landlords when they are going to be away for two weeks or longer. _requires landlords to provide a garbage receptacle and requires tenants to dispose of their garbage properly. |
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