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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24-1-6
Section 24-1-6 Establishment of rentals and tenant selection in low rent housing projects.
(a) It is declared to be the policy of this state that each housing authority shall manage
and operate its low rent housing projects in an efficient manner so as to enable it to fix
the rentals for dwelling accommodations at the lowest possible rates consistent with its providing
decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling accommodations for persons of low income, and that no
housing authority shall construct or operate any such project for profit, or as a source of
revenue of the city or town. To this end a housing authority shall fix the rentals for such
dwellings in its low rent housing projects at no higher rates than it shall find to be necessary
in order to produce revenues which, together with all other available moneys, revenues, income,
and receipts of such authority from whatever sources derived, including federal financial
assistance necessary to maintain the low rent character of the...
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35-9A-164
Section 35-9A-164 Payment of rent prerequisite to enforcing remedies under this chapter. The
tenant may not withhold payment of rent to the landlord, while in possession, to enforce any
of the tenant's rights under this chapter. (Act 2006-316, p. 668, §1.)...
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34-27-100
Section 34-27-100 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall
have the following meanings: (1) ACTUAL INTRODUCTION. a. When the buyer, seller, landlord,
or tenant has been referred to the real estate licensee by the person or entity seeking the
referral fee prior to the time the customer has executed a real estate brokerage services
disclosure form or waived execution in writing or the customer has executed a buyer's agency
agreement, property listing agreement, or a transaction brokerage agreement; or b. For real
estate transactions in which the law of this state does not require the presentation of a
real estate brokerage services disclosure form, when the buyer, seller, landlord, or tenant
has been referred to the real estate licensee by the person or entity seeking the referral
fee prior to any contact between the buyer, seller, landlord, or tenant and the real estate
licensee during which their real estate business has been discussed. (2) INTERFERENCE...
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35-9-34
Section 35-9-34 When lien may be enforced by attachment. The landlord, or his assignee, may
have process of attachment for the enforcement of his lien for rent and advances, or either,
when such rent and advances, or either, as the case may be, are due and the tenant fails or
refuses, after demand made, to pay the same; and also in the following cases, whether such
rent and advances, or either, are due or not: (1) When there is good cause to believe that
the tenant or subtenant is about to remove from the premises, or otherwise dispose of any
part of the crop, without paying such rent and advances, or either, and without the consent
of the landlord, or of the assignee, when the claim has been assigned. (2) When the tenant
or subtenant has removed from the premises, or otherwise disposed of any part of the crop
without paying such rent and advances, or either, and without the consent of the landlord,
or of the assignee, when the claim has been assigned. (3) When the tenant or subtenant...

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35-9A-426
Section 35-9A-426 Remedy after termination. If a rental agreement is terminated, the landlord
has a claim for possession and for rent and a separate claim for actual damages for breach
of the rental agreement and reasonable attorney's fees. (Act 2006-316, p. 668, §1; Act 2011-700,
p. 2154, §1.)...
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35-9-12
Section 35-9-12 Seizure of crops upon abandonment of premises. When a tenant abandons or removes
from the premises or any part thereof, the landlord or his agent or attorney may seize upon
any grain or other crops grown or growing upon the premises or part thereof so abandoned,
whether the rent is due or not. If such grain or other crops or any part thereof is not fully
grown or matured, the landlord or his agent or attorney may cause the same to be properly
cultivated and harvested or gathered, and may sell and dispose of the same, and apply the
proceeds, so far as may be necessary, to compensate him for his labor and expenses and to
pay the rent and advances. The tenant may, at any time before the sale of the property so
seized, redeem the same by tendering the rent and advances due and reasonable compensation,
and expenses of the cultivation and harvesting or gathering the same. (Code 1923, §8830;
Code 1940, T. 31, §13.)...
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35-9-32
Section 35-9-32 Continuation of lien and attachment to crop of succeeding year. When the tenant
fails to pay any part of such rent or advances, and continues his tenancy under the same landlord,
on the same or other lands, the balance due therefor shall be held and treated as advances
to him by the landlord for the next succeeding year, for which the original lien for advances,
if any remain unpaid, shall continue on the articles advanced, or property purchased with
money advanced, or obtained by barter in exchange for articles advanced, and for which a lien
shall also attach to the crop of such succeeding year. (Code 1876, §3469; Code 1886, §3058;
Code 1896, §2705; Code 1907, §4736; Code 1923, §8801; Code 1940, T. 31, §17.)...
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35-9-60
Section 35-9-60 Lien declared. The landlord of any storehouse or other building shall have
a lien on the goods, furniture, and effects belonging to the tenant, and subtenant, for rent,
which shall be superior to all other liens, except those for taxes, and except as otherwise
provided in Section 7-9A-333. In case the tenant or subtenant is adjudged a bankrupt, such
lien on such goods, furniture, and effects of the bankrupt shall, as against the trustee in
bankruptcy, attach only for unpaid rent accrued and which shall accrue within six months from
the date of adjudication computed pro rata at the then current rate. The lien amount accrued
and to accrue shall not be increased by reason of any default or breach of contract by the
bankrupt. From the amount of such lien, so computed, the trustee in bankruptcy may deduct
all payments and all demands which could be legally set up against the landlord by way of
counterclaim. If the trustee in bankruptcy shall dispose of the lease as an asset...
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35-9A-304
Section 35-9A-304 Tenant to use and occupy. Unless otherwise agreed, a tenant shall occupy
the dwelling unit only as a dwelling unit. The rental agreement may require that the tenant
notify the landlord of any anticipated extended absence from the premises in excess of 14
days no later than the fifth day of the extended absence. (Act 2006-316, p. 668, §1.)...

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