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35-9A-205
Section 35-9A-205 Limitation of liability. (a) Unless otherwise agreed, a landlord who conveys
premises that include a dwelling unit subject to a rental agreement in a good faith sale to
a bona fide purchaser is relieved of liability under the rental agreement and this chapter
as to events occurring after written notice to the tenant of the conveyance. However, the
landlord remains liable to the tenant for all security recoverable by the tenant under Section
35-9A-201 and all prepaid rent. (b) Unless otherwise agreed, a manager of premises that include
a dwelling unit is relieved of liability under the rental agreement and this chapter as to
events occurring after written notice to the tenant of the termination of management by the
manager. (Act 2006-316, p. 668, §1.)...
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35-9A-406
Section 35-9A-406 Fire or casualty damage. (a) If the dwelling unit or premises are damaged
or destroyed by fire or casualty not caused by the tenant to an extent that enjoyment of the
dwelling unit is substantially impaired, the tenant may: (1) immediately vacate the premises
and notify the landlord in writing within 14 days thereafter of the tenant's intention to
terminate the rental agreement, in which case the rental agreement terminates as of the date
of vacating; or (2) if continued occupancy is lawful, vacate any part of the dwelling unit
rendered unusable by the fire or casualty, in which case the tenant's liability for rent is
reduced in proportion to the diminution in the fair rental value of the dwelling unit. (b)
If the rental agreement is terminated pursuant to this section, the landlord shall return
all security recoverable under Section 35-9A-201 and all unearned prepaid rent. Accounting
for rent in the event of termination or apportionment shall be made as of the date...
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35-9A-423
Section 35-9A-423 Remedies for absence, nonuse, and abandonment. (a) If a rental agreement
requires the tenant to give notice to the landlord of an anticipated extended absence in excess
of 14 days pursuant to Section 35-9A-304 and the tenant willfully fails to do so, the landlord
may recover actual damages from the tenant. (b) During any absence of a tenant in excess of
14 days, the landlord may enter the dwelling unit at times reasonably necessary. (c) If a
tenant abandons the dwelling unit, the landlord shall make reasonable efforts to rent it at
a fair rental. But such duty shall not take priority over the landlord's right to first rent
other vacant units. If the landlord rents the dwelling unit for a term beginning before the
expiration of the rental agreement, it terminates as of the date of the new tenancy. If the
tenancy is from month-to-month or week-to-week, the term of the rental agreement for this
purpose is deemed to be a month or a week, as the case may be. (d) If a...
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24-1-3
Section 24-1-3 Rural housing projects. (a) Until a purchaser makes full payment for a dwelling
which is constructed by a county or regional housing authority in a rural area, such dwellings
shall continue to be the property of such authority, regardless of the title to the land on
which it is constructed, and such dwelling shall be exempt from taxation in the same manner
as other property of such authority. Any document making land available for use by such authority
shall be admitted to record, and accordingly constitute notice, in the same manner as a deed
or other instrument relating to real estate. (b) When a county or regional housing authority
provides a dwelling in a rural area under this title, the owner of the land living in the
dwelling under a lease or purchase agreement shall be entitled to receive the same homestead
exemption as if he had title to the dwelling. (c) No dwelling shall be provided on a farm
by a county or regional housing authority unless it has determined...
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32-20-41
Section 32-20-41 Perfection of security interest. (a) Unless excepted by this section, a security
interest in a manufactured home for which a certificate of title is required by the terms
of this chapter is not valid against creditors of the owner or subsequent transferees or lienholders
of the manufactured home unless perfected as provided in this article or previously perfected
under the terms of Chapter 8 of this title. (b) A security interest is perfected by the delivery
to the department of the existing certificate of title, if any, an application for a certificate
of title containing the name and address of the lienholder and the date of his or her security
agreement and the required fee. It is perfected as of the time of its creation if the delivery
is completed within 30 days thereafter, otherwise, as of the time of the delivery. (Act 2009-746,
p. 2236, §4; Act 2017-442, §2 (b)(4).)...
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35-9A-303
Section 35-9A-303 Access. (a) A tenant shall not unreasonably withhold consent to the landlord
to enter into the dwelling unit in order to inspect the premises, make necessary or agreed
repairs, decorations, alterations, or improvements, supply necessary or agreed services, or
exhibit the dwelling unit to prospective or actual purchasers, mortgagees, tenants, workmen,
or contractors. (b) A landlord may enter the dwelling unit without consent of the tenant only
in the following circumstances: (1) In case of emergency. (2) Pursuant to court order. (3)
As permitted by Sections 35-9A-422 and 35-9A-423(b). (4) At reasonable times and with prior
notice as provided in subsection (c), to show the premises to a prospective tenant or purchaser,
if a landlord provides the tenant separate from the rental agreement a general notice signed
by the tenant for the right to access for such a purpose within four months of the expiration
of the rental agreement, and only in the company of a prospective...
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35-9A-501
Section 35-9A-501 Retaliatory conduct prohibited. (a) Except as provided in this section, a
landlord may not retaliate by discriminatorily increasing rent or decreasing services or by
bringing or threatening to bring an action for possession because: (1) the tenant has complained
to a governmental agency charged with responsibility for enforcement of a building or housing
code of a violation applicable to the premises materially affecting health and safety; (2)
the tenant has complained to the landlord of a violation under Section 35-9A-204; or (3) the
tenant has organized or become a member of a tenant's union or similar organization. (b) If
a landlord acts in violation of subsection (a), the tenant is entitled to the remedies provided
in Section 35-9A-407 and has a defense in any retaliatory action against the tenant for possession.
(c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), a landlord may bring an action for possession
if: (1) the violation of the applicable building or housing...
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45-16-140.02
Section 45-16-140.02 Fire protection service fee. - Levy; definitions; exemption. (a) There
is levied on the owner of each dwelling and commercial building located in Coffee County a
fire protection and emergency medical service fee of thirty dollars ($30) per year for each
dwelling and commercial building. (b) For the purposes of this article, a dwelling shall be
defined as any building, structure, or other improvement to real property used or expected
to be used as a dwelling or residence for one or more human beings including, but not limited
to: (1) Any building, structure, or improvement assessed, for the purposes of state and county
ad valorem taxation, as Class III single-family owner-occupied residential property. (2) A
duplex or an apartment building. (3) Residential property used to generate rental income.
(4) Any manufactured home or house trailer used or expected to be used as a dwelling or residence
for one or more human beings. (c) A building, structure, or other...
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32-20-31
Section 32-20-31 Transfer of interest by dealer. (a) If a dealer buys a manufactured home and
holds it for resale and procures the certificate of title from the owner or the lienholder
he or she need not send the certificate to the department but, upon transferring the manufactured
home to another person other than by the creation of a security interest, shall promptly execute
the assignment and warranty of title by a dealer, showing the names and addresses of the transferee
and of any lienholder holding a security interest created or reserved at the time of the resale
and the date of his or her security agreement, in the spaces provided therefor on the certificate
or as the department prescribes, and mail or deliver the certificate to a designated agent
with the transferee's application for a new certificate. (b) Every dealer shall maintain for
five years a record in the form the department prescribes of every manufactured home bought,
sold, or exchanged by him or her or received by...
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45-49-142
Section 45-49-142 Definitions. For the purposes of this part, the following words shall have
the following meanings: (1) COMMERCIAL BUILDING. Any building, structure, or other improvement
to real property used or expected to be used for commercial or business purposes including
rental property. The term does not include a school, church, senior citizens facility, or
utility distribution or transmission poles or towers, utility substations, or any building
used primarily for fire or emergency services. (2) DWELLING. Any building, structure, or other
improvement to real property used or expected to be used as a dwelling or residence for one
or more human beings, including, but not limited to, any of the following: a. A building,
structure, or improvement assessed, for the purposes of state and county ad valorem taxation,
as Class III single-family owner- occupied residential property. b. A duplex or an apartment
building. c. Residential property used to generate rental income. d. Any...
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