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    Landlord-Tenant Law by State

    Landlord-tenant rules differ by state on deposits, late fees, entry, notice periods, rent control and evictions. Pick a state for a topic-by-topic guide with the statute behind every rule.

    Last verified: · Researched and cited by MakeLease · not yet attorney-reviewed · each state page shows its own date

    How the state guides work

    Each state guide walks through security deposits, late fees, landlord entry, ending a month-to-month tenancy, rent increase notice, rent control, required lease disclosures and eviction notices. Every rule is quoted in plain English and linked to the statute or official publication, with effective dates and earlier versions where the law changed recently.

    Guides also compare the state with its neighbours and flag where cities layer their own rules on top. To see one rule across every state at once, use the national tables for security deposit laws, late fee laws, landlord entry notice, rent increase laws and eviction notice laws. The same rules for all 50 states and DC are in our free landlord-tenant law dataset (CSV and JSON), and new laws are listed on the law changes tracker.

    49 of 51 jurisdictions are published so far; the rest are still being researched. MakeLease generates a customizable lease; each state guide lists the disclosures and terms to add.

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