Landlord and tenant law; notice requirements, landlord's acceptance of rent with reservation.
It became law on Mar 9, 2018.
- Stage
- Became law
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsor
- 1
- Latest action
- Mar 9, 2018
What it does
Changes the landlord and tenant law notice requirements for landlords to accept full or partial rent while continuing to proceed with a court action to obtain an order of possession and subsequent eviction by creating a single notice and removing the requirement for second notice for the time period between entry of an order of possession and prior to eviction. The bill provides that the landlord may accept full or partial payment of rent and still receive an order of possession and proceed with eviction if the landlord states in the written notice to the tenant that any payment of rent, damages, money judgment, award of attorney fees, and court costs would be accepted with reservation and…
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