Law changes for property managers

Signed April 20, 2026; the act took effect August 12, 2026. From January 1, 2027, post-closing occupancy agreements in home sales are exempt from the two-month deposit cap.

On motion and hearing, a court may make dispossessory records non-public if the tenant won, paid the judgment in full, or 7 years have passed since dismissal or a fully paid judgment.

For leases entered on or after this date (except owner-occupied buildings with 6 or fewer units), non-optional fees must be on the lease's first page and in listings, listed junk fees are banned, and application fees are capped at $50 in most cases.

The state set the 2027 maximum at 10% for tenancies under ORS 90.324(1)(b), which covers ordinary residential tenancies under ORS 90.323. The 7% plus inflation formula came to about 10.1%, so the 10% ceiling applies.

For agreements entered, amended, extended, or renewed on or after this date, landlords may not ban lawful firearm possession in the unit or the tenant's vehicle in tenant parking, but may require firearms be concealed or cased in common areas.

A 2026 amendment to the crime victim and domestic violence victim lease termination section takes effect January 1, 2027.

Landlords using smart locks must offer a non-biometric alternative key on request and follow privacy and data limits.

Landlords with more than four units must give rent increase notices 90 days before lease end, with a renewal decision deadline at least 30 days out.

Landlords with more than four units must offer a payment plan of up to six months when a tenant owes one month's rent or less, once per lease term.

Before collecting any payment or information, landlords must disclose fees, refundability, tenant selection criteria, and automatic denial criteria.

Starting January 1, 2030, a tenant who did not receive the signed energy efficiency disclosure may end the lease on 30 days' written notice. The landlord may not keep fees or the deposit for that termination, except for allowed deposit deductions.

A person who got possession through false statements, forged documents, or impersonation can be removed on a 7-day notice with no right to cure. Fraudulent entry is also now a third-degree felony.

Landlords with 5 or more units may not ask about criminal history before a conditional offer, except for listed serious offenses such as murder, sex offenses, and sex offender registration. After the offer, they may withdraw it only for a felony within 5 years or an undisclosed listed offense, with a written reason.

Landlords using financial screening may not reject subsidy holders based on income, credit score, or credit history from unsubsidized periods. Landlords with 6 or more units must offer positive rent reporting.

The nonpayment notice period rose from 5 to 7 days, and the notice can only be sent after the late fee grace period. Tenants can stop a nonpayment case by paying all rent due before filing, during the case, or after judgment (plus court costs) until the eviction is executed, unless they had 2 nonpayment judgments in the prior 18 months.

Requires a 45-day post move-out notice of unpaid amounts with proof and a 30-day tenant dispute window, bars fees for services the warranty of habitability requires, and from January 1, 2027 bars separate billing of common area and vacant unit utilities.

The landlord's itemized statement of deposit deductions may be sent within one month after the tenancy ends or within 15 days after that date.

Landlords may seek an expedited hearing when a tenant assaults the landlord, staff, or contractors, and may not name a tenant's minor child as an eviction defendant unless the minor is the only renter. Landlords who take rent through a digital payment platform must offer a no-fee alternative when the platform is down.

Starting July 1, 2026, local units cannot ban or restrict the use of private homes as rentals, though noncompliant rules adopted before 2026 may stand until January 1, 2028. A separate section, effective on passage (signed March 12, 2026), lets only homestead owners vote on HOA rental restrictions.

Tenants can file free for expungement of an eviction record 3 years after judgment if any money judgment is paid and no new eviction judgment was entered; landlords have 30 days to object. Courts must consider mediation in residential evictions and must grant a continuance of up to 14 days while the parties mediate.

Revises broker definitions, adds a brokerage agreement definition, and sets the trust deposit deadline at two banking days after receipt.

For leases of 12 months or more, landlords may end the tenancy at lease end with 60 days' written notice and must file within 6 months. Courts must note these as no-fault, and they are not evictions for screening purposes.

Landlords now have 21 days, up from two weeks, after the tenancy ends and they receive the tenant's mailing address to return the deposit or give a written statement of reasons. Deductions are limited to unpaid rent and other money due under an agreement, plus damage beyond ordinary wear and tear.

2025 and 2026 amendments to prohibited lease provisions, including a ban on charging tenants maintenance or repair fees unless caused by the tenant.

The Supreme Judicial Court held Initiative Petition 25-21 (limiting rent increases) violates article 48 because of its religious facility exemption, and ordered that it not be placed on the November 2026 ballot.

Landlords generally may not ban or charge fees for tenant-installed portable cooling devices, with listed exceptions.

Landlords and real estate service providers must give prospective tenants the Real Estate Commission's rights and responsibilities guide before the lease is signed, and again at renewals of 1 year or more, and get the tenant's acknowledgment of receipt. The duty starts once the guide is published and the state gives notice, and no later than June 10, 2027.

In apartment buildings with 10 or more units, landlords must provide air conditioning that keeps units at or below 80 degrees from June 1 to September 30. It covers new units and units with AC provided or required since January 1, 2025, and from October 1, 2026, units with major electrical or heating renovations.

Moved the property manager license start date to January 1, 2027, let dual brokers manage property without a separate license, and let a lease and management agreement waive the trust account for property manager client funds.

Allowable increase for rent-stabilized units is 4.1%, or 2.1% for registered elderly or disabled tenants, through April 30, 2027.

Application and similar fees cannot exceed $50, adjusted for inflation each January from 2027. Penalties up to $500, $750, and $1,000 for repeat violations. Enacted January 2026.

No evictions on any day when the National Weather Service predicts at 8 a.m. that the temperature at National Airport will exceed 95 degrees Fahrenheit.

The old escrow regulation 18VAC135-20-180 was repealed and replaced by 18VAC135-20-181 on escrow account maintenance.

A person who collects utility money under a lease and knowingly fails to pay the utility within 60 days of the bill commits a crime, with penalties scaled to the amount. Approved March 25, 2026, effective on passage.

A tenant protected by an injunction based on sexual assault may end the tenancy with notice, owes no rent after the end of the month following notice or move-out, and may ask the landlord to change the locks.

Nonpayment notices now give 10 calendar days and go to a state-funded mediation center. If mediation is scheduled, the landlord must take part and wait 20 days from receipt to file. The mediation rules end February 4, 2028; the 10-day period does not.

The Human Relations Act, which covers housing, now defines race to include hair texture and protective hairstyles and religious creed to include religious head coverings and hairstyles. Approved November 25, 2025, effective in 60 days.

If the tenant paid rent or the deposit electronically, the refund must be electronic unless both sides agree in writing to another method. With multiple adult tenants, refund by one check payable to all of them unless all agree otherwise in writing.

For leases entered into, amended, or extended on or after January 1, 2026, landlords must provide and maintain a working stove and refrigerator, and fix or replace recalled ones within 30 days of notice. A tenant may choose in the lease to supply their own refrigerator, and some housing types are exempt.

Deposits due within 30 days. No deductions for normal wear and tear or preexisting conditions, documentation on request within 14 days, walk-throughs on request, and limits on carpet and paint charges.

Rental ads and leases must show the total price including mandatory fees, and certain fees (property taxes, common area maintenance, habitability services) are banned.

Applicants using a housing subsidy need not include credit history in a portable tenant screening report.

Using revenue management software that relies on nonpublic competitor data to set rents or occupancy is an unfair trade practice. The 9-day grace period (4 days for weekly tenancies) gets 5 more days in any period when the landlord's online payment system blocks timely payment.

The state published the 2026 maximum increase for most tenancies at 9.5%, and 6% for manufactured home park spaces in parks with more than 30 spaces.

If a landlord gives a 90-day qualifying-reason notice ending a fixed-term lease, the tenant may move out sooner with 30 days' written notice, with no early termination fee or rent after that date and move-out. It applies to fixed-term leases signed on or after January 1, 2026.

Before taking a hold deposit, a landlord must give a written statement of the rent, fees, deposit terms and refund conditions. The deposit must be returned within 5 business days if the landlord backs out or the applicant rejects the unit for a material habitability defect, or a penalty applies.

A landlord who uses a phone-app entry system must also offer at least one other way in, such as an access code, fob, key card or key. The bill also restated the existing lock and window latch habitability rule.

An owner or landlord can file an eviction case against a squatter after giving 24 hours' written notice, using the residential eviction procedure. The notice does not give the squatter any right to stay.

Overhauled Chapter 24: new notice delivery methods, sworn petitions, summary disposition without trial, remote hearings by agreement, a 5-day appeal deadline, and service of the writ within 5 business days.

Defined property management, created a property manager license, exempted certain employees, and required property managers to use a real estate trust account or carry a bond. Later bills delayed when the license requirement starts.

Landlords who use a tenant portal must offer a non-portal option on written request, must accept rent by check or another reasonable non-electronic method, and must give tenants a non-portal way into common areas. Takes effect the 91st day after the 2026 session adjourned.

Private parties serving or executing eviction papers may not livestream video of it without the person's written consent. Victims can sue for at least $25,000 per intentional violation.

Nonpayment pre-filing notice cut from 30 to 10 days (with a $600 minimum), 10-day notice and expedited hearings for certain dangerous crimes, and TOPA changes including new exemptions.

Signed October 16, 2025 and effective 60 days later. Owners and managers may not knowingly or recklessly set rents or lease terms based on software that pools data from multiple owners to recommend prices, and vendors may not facilitate such agreements.

An attested copy of a notice to quit must be served by a proper officer such as a state marshal, not an indifferent person. The marshal must notify the tenant at least 24 hours before an eviction, and the execution form must warn that staying may lead to arrest for criminal trespass.

From October 1, 2025, advertised rent must include recurring mandatory fees and tenant payments apply to rent first, and from April 1, 2026, every written lease must open with the state rental terms summary form. Violations cost one month's rent plus possible attorney fees.

Landlords must give a separate flood history disclosure at or before signing a lease of one year or more. A tenant who suffers substantial flood loss after a false or missing disclosure can end the lease within 30 days.

Entry requires 24 hours' written notice with date, time and purpose, between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Monday to Saturday, except emergencies.

Landlords must notify tenants of the scheduled eviction date at least 6 days ahead, by first-class mail and a door posting with a date-stamped photo, plus email or text if known. Tenants get 10 days after the eviction to reclaim belongings.

The 5 percent late fee cap is now calculated on the unpaid rent, not the full rent due.

Landlords must link to the property's pet policy on the property website, if any, and include a copy or summary of it in the rental application. The policy must list breed and weight limits, fees and deposits, pet limits, and other requirements.

Creates the crimes of unlawful squatting and fraudulent sale or lease of property. An owner or agent may ask law enforcement to remove a person who cannot show authorization to occupy and to stand by while locks are changed, and an owner who knowingly gives false information must indemnify the agency.

Supporting information for an emotional support animal must now come from a licensed health care practitioner, including license number and type, or from another source the landlord finds reliable under fair housing law. Online registrations alone still do not show need.

Rent must be listed as one total that includes mandatory fees, with limited utility pass-through exceptions. Landlords must refund application and screening fees they never used, cannot charge those fees for minors, must offer one payment method with no fee or bank account requirement, and cannot mark up online portal fees.

The Attorney General must post a model residential lease that complies with current law by December 1, 2025, and update it by December 1 of every odd-numbered year.

Signed September 19, 2025. Landlords of buildings built before 1986 that are not confirmed free of lead service lines must give a disclosure before each new lease or renewal, starting 90 days after the state's health notice and DCA's model statement are published. DCA has posted the model form. Tenants may also end a lease without penalty if the landlord blocks lead line replacement.

LB 150 added military or veteran status to the Nebraska Fair Housing Act and to the landlord rules for mobile home parks.

Landlords may send notices and documents by email or an online portal only if the tenant gives informed electronic consent, which the tenant may withdraw at any time. Landlords cannot require electronic delivery as a lease condition, and must fall back to mail when receipt is not confirmed.

Liquidated damages, rent acceleration, and fees are void when a lease ends because the tenant died, and the deposit may cover only property damage.

Rent increases for spaces in manufactured home parks with more than 30 spaces are capped at 6% a year. A park may raise rent up to 12% once every five years for a major infrastructure project approved in writing by 51% of occupied spaces.

Owners or their agents can ask a constable or sheriff to remove an unauthorized occupant using a sworn form, without an eviction suit. Current and former tenants, the owner's family and cases with pending litigation are excluded. The law also made it a crime to list or rent property without authority (Penal Code 32.57) and to present a false lease or deed (Penal Code 32.56).

Amended repair and deduct rules and added that managing agents receive deposit notices and that deposit notices may go by email if the parties have emailed before.

Amended the floodplain and flood history lease notice.

Cities and counties may no longer ban source-of-income refusals (except to protect veterans' benefits recipients), restrict screening on income, credit, eviction, property damage, or criminal history, cap deposits, or require a tenant right of first refusal.

A broker acting as a single agent for a buyer or tenant must sign a written agency agreement before performing brokerage acts, not during them.

The FY2026 budget amended § 15B so that no landlord or landlord's agent may require a tenant to pay the landlord or the agent more than first month, last month, deposit and lock cost. A broker hired by the landlord cannot charge the tenant.

Landlords may not charge a tenant a fee to accept cash, a check or a money order for rent or any other payment required under a lease.

Tenants who resolved all unpaid rent and damage claims may move to seal eviction records 7 years after satisfying the eviction order if not evicted again in that time. Domestic violence victims evicted over an incident may seek sealing once the assailant is convicted or a protection or restraining order issues.

Mobile home park tenants may defend an eviction by showing the landlord violated N.D.C.C. 47-10-28. If the court finds a violation, it may not order the eviction.

Leases entered into or renewed on or after July 27, 2025, may not require tenants to waive class actions or sign nondisclosure agreements about rent, fees, concessions, or lease terms.

Owners must have each pre-1978 rental certified lead free or lead safe before a new tenant's lease starts (within 4 years at the latest), disclose the status in the lease, and show compliance when filing for eviction. These duties start 12 months after the State Housing Authority gives notice that funding and rules are in place, and no later than March 1, 2028.

Courts must schedule the hearing when the petition is filed, 5 to 10 judicial days out, and tenants may file a written defense within 5 days of receiving notice.

Landlords and their agents may not ask about or require statements on a tenant's or applicant's immigration or citizenship status. They may still verify identity and finances and follow federal law.

Landlords must give occupants a copy of the ledger showing charges, payments, and balance when asked.

Landlords and tenants who sign an email notice addendum in the statutory form can send statutory notices, including the deposit claim notice, by email. Either side can revoke or change the email address in writing.

Approved process servers, as well as sheriffs and constables, may serve dispossessory summonses.

Out-of-state owners of single-family or duplex rentals must use a Georgia-licensed broker with in-state staff for tenant communications. License exemptions were revised. Local governments cannot require rental registration and need probable cause to inspect rentals.

Title 55, Chapter 3 was reorganized. The rent increase notice rule is now § 55-304, the fee limit is § 55-305, and the local rent control ban is § 55-306.

Landlords may petition for an emergency possessory order when a tenant or guest commits a crime affecting others' health or safety, or the tenant gave materially false information to get the lease. The court orders the tenant out within 7 days of the hearing.

Tenants can ask the court to seal eviction records once a money judgment is paid, or 7 years after a judgment with no money award. Courts must seal dismissed cases and tenant wins on their own motion.

An owner can give police a sworn affidavit to remove a squatter who never had a lease or permission, and police generally must act within 48 hours. It does not apply to former tenants, lease violators or invitees.

A warehouse or storage facility holding an evicted tenant's property under a court removal order may sell it if unclaimed 45 days after notice, down from 90 days.

State housing discrimination law no longer lists gender identity as a protected class. Federal Fair Housing Act sex discrimination rules still apply.

Landlords must give the state mold pamphlet at lease signing, assess mold within 15 days of written notice, and remediate within 45 days after the assessment (or a reasonable time if 45 days is not feasible).

Leases cannot require a specific insurer or agent. If a tenant does not show proof of required coverage within 3 business days of a request, you may charge the actual cost of coverage you buy plus up to $50 a year.

Landlords must accept government ID, ITIN, or SSN for screening and cannot require an SSN. Fair housing and harassment definitions were amended and list citizenship and immigration status.

An owner or agent may ask law enforcement to remove a person who never was a tenant and has no agreement to occupy, if listed conditions are met. This does not apply to tenants, who still require a forcible detainer.

Late fees fell from 10% to 5% of rent and are calculated on rent only. Screening fees are capped at $50 with refund rules, listings must itemize all fees, applicants get copies of screening reports, and fee increases need 60 days' notice.

No eviction for late rent tied to domestic violence, unlawful sexual behavior or stalking against the tenant without first offering a repayment plan of up to 9 months. Most of the act took effect on signing; some sections took effect August 6, 2025.

Landlords may return a security deposit by electronic transfer, cash, check, or other forms, or by mail to the tenant's new or last-known address. Cleaning deductions still require written notice and 24 hours for the tenant to clean.

Owners may return deposits and itemized deductions electronically, the renter's demand form now gives the owner 5 business days, and the 3-day move-out period after an order of restitution has exceptions for immediate restitution and party agreements.

No rent increases in the first 12 months, then a cap of 7% plus CPI or 10% per year, 90 days' notice on a state form, and lease type rent parity. Expires July 1, 2040.

People managing an establishment licensed under Title 50, chapter 51 (licensed lodging) no longer need a property manager license.

Any sheriff may now serve a writ of possession, not only the sheriff of the county where the property sits.

Tenants can petition to seal eviction records. A rental application that asks about evictions must state that an applicant with a sealed record may answer 'no record'. Section 52 took effect 270 days after the act's August 6, 2024 approval.

Posting a warrant of removal on the door no longer counts as executing it; officers must remove occupants and put the landlord in possession. Tenants get 72 hours of access to collect belongings after removal. Approved April 10, 2025, effective on passage.

A landlord may not list a minor tenant as a defendant in an eviction if a parent or adult guardian is also listed. The court must dismiss such a case and order the filer to pay the minor's reasonable attorney fees.

Landlords with five or more units may not refuse or treat applicants differently because of a lawful source of income, such as vouchers or benefits. Complaints go to the Michigan Department of Civil Rights.

Landlords must photograph the unit after move-out and after repairs (from April 1, 2025) and at move-in for tenancies starting July 1, 2025 or later, and send the photos with the itemized deduction statement.

If a service member is charged a higher deposit due to credit or rental history, the landlord must explain it in writing and return the extra after six months if rent is current. SB 611 also bars fees for serving notices, operative February 1, 2025.

Would cap pet deposits at 15% of monthly rent and limit pet fees, but the law is subject to funding and the DC Code notes it has not been implemented.

Cities and towns can no longer levy transaction privilege tax on residential rentals after December 31, 2024, and landlords must stop charging tenants that tax. Hotels and other transient lodging are not covered.

Tenants now have 10 days, not counting weekends and court holidays, up from 5, to respond to an unlawful detainer. Demurrers and motions to strike must be heard within 5 to 7 court days.

Landlords may charge screening fees only if they review applications in the order received and approve the first qualified applicant, or refund every applicant not selected within 7 days of choosing a tenant or 30 days of applying, whichever is first.

Replaces the Retaliatory Eviction Act. Bars retaliation for complaints, repair requests, and tenant organizing, presumes retaliation within one year, and allows damages of 2 months' rent or twice actual damages plus attorney fees.

Landlords must disclose before signing whether a unit is in a FEMA 100-year floodplain and any known flooding, with extra rules for lower-level units, using a statutory form.

No application or screening fee may be charged when the applicant provides a qualifying reusable screening report under 30 days old.

If an online rent portal charges a fee, landlords must offer a way to pay without it, such as check or cash, for leases signed after this date.

The 45-day notice now covers mandatory recurring fees, and move-in charges are capped at first month's rent, the deposit and properly disclosed mandatory fees. Optional recurring fees must be opt-in, and when any recurring fee applies a lease is unenforceable without a signed total price disclosure.

Limits screening denials based on pending or expunged evictions, applies late fees only to the tenant's share of subsidized rent, requires accepting ITINs, protects tenant organizing, caps rent owed after abandonment, and lets the Attorney General enforce chapter 504B.

Owners and landlords can petition the court to remove people who are not tenants, subtenants or implied tenants, with a hearing within 48 hours of service. Occupants claiming tenancy must prove it with leases, rent receipts, payment records or similar messages.

After a victim ends a lease, a remaining cotenant accused of the abuse can be evicted on 7 days' notice.

Landlords cannot charge convenience fees on rent payments unless they also accept a payment method with no fee. Leases must list any fees beyond rent in the same section as the rent.

For agreements entered, amended, or renewed on or after this date, landlords must disclose the managing agent, an owner or agent for legal notices, and a phone, email, or portal for maintenance requests.

Creates property management broker and property management associate licenses alongside the real estate broker license, with their own education requirements. Commission rules were due by June 1, 2026.

Local governments may not regulate rent, rental application fees, or rental deposits for private residential or commercial property.

Makes it a crime to knowingly enter and live in a dwelling or other premises without authority. A current tenant, someone with a valid occupancy agreement, or someone with a rent receipt from the last 60 days is not a squatter under the Act.

Landlords of more than 50 units on one parcel (more than 30 in counties under 100,000 people) must require background checks for job applicants with key access, keep written key policies, and keep a key log on site. Financial institutions and real estate licensees are excluded from the definition of landlord, and tenants or a district attorney can sue over violations.

Landlords and leases cannot bar tenants from displaying religious or cultural items on the entry door or doorframe, within size and safety limits. Removal for door work needs 7 days' written notice (except emergencies), and the items go back within 72 hours after the work.

A landlord who accepts an offer from a buyer who will live in the unit may give 90 days' notice, or 60 days' notice if the landlord pays one extra month's rent on top of any relocation payment owed. Written evidence of the offer must go with the notice. Takes effect the 91st day after the 2025 session adjourned.

Landlords may not ask about or discriminate based on immigration or citizenship status, and may not reject an applicant who lacks a Social Security number but offers other listed ID. The rules became operative 30 days after the emergency law took effect.

Replaces the Tennessee Human Rights Act's housing provisions. Housing discrimination is barred based on race, color, creed, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin.

Leases must itemize the deposit, rent, and one-time move-in charges on the first page, with required statutory wording (enacted 2024, amended 2025).

Rent increases need 45 days' written notice for leases entered, renewed, or extended on or after this date. A tenant's silence is not agreement.

Deposit cap cut to one month's rent, the Maryland Tenants' Bill of Rights required in leases, and a new Office of Tenant and Landlord Affairs. Owners of rentals with 1 to 3 units must offer tenants a chance to buy before listing the property, plus a right of first refusal on some third-party offers.

Created an express warranty of habitability and new remedies, including rent abatement and group tenant actions.

Courts must shield records of failure-to-pay-rent cases that did not end in a judgment for possession and may shield others on the tenant's motion. From August 1, 2024, landlords also may not raise rent solely because of a failure-to-pay-rent judgment.

Magistrate judgments must order the clerk to pay landlords rent bonded during a tenant appeal within 5 business days of a written request. Applies to judgments rendered on or after October 1, 2024.

All landlords had to register with the Department of Health by October 1, 2024 and must re-register each October 1. New rentals must register within 30 days. Unregistered landlords cannot file nonpayment evictions and face monthly fines.

The Landlord and Tenant Act now defines "tenant" and says the Act, including the notice to quit, does not apply to a person who is not and never was a tenant, so owners can remove unauthorized occupants without a landlord-tenant eviction. Approved July 17, 2024, effective in 60 days.

Cities and counties may not ban refusal to rent because a tenant's rent includes federal housing assistance. The act became law over the Governor's veto on September 9, 2024.

The 5-day wait before a late fee is counted starting the day after rent is due.

Two 2025 acts removed the 2024 requirement that a landlord be the prevailing party to recover lease-based attorney fees (capped at 15%), retroactive to September 9, 2024.

No county, city, or other political subdivision may impose or enforce a moratorium on eviction proceedings unless state law specifically allows it.

An owner or authorized agent can petition for an ex parte order removing unlawful occupants who were never tenants of a residential property not leased for three consecutive months, with a hearing within 48 hours.

The Affordable Homes Act lets the state housing office write rules allowing an optional fee instead of a deposit, capped at one month's rent in total. The fee is not usable until those rules are issued.

Most landlords may collect no more than one month's rent as a deposit, furnished or not. Small individual landlords may still charge two months, except to service members.

For leases entered or renewed on or after this date: deposits capped at two months' rent, every lease includes a fitness for habitation promise, and a 3-business-day notice to vacate or pay is required before filing for nonpayment, posted on the door and sent by any method in the lease.

Local governments cannot force owners into optional federal housing assistance programs or regulate rent, fees, or deposits on private rentals. The rule now sits in Idaho Code § 55-306.

Unlawful detainer cases filed on or after January 1, 2025 are shielded from public view without a petition if the whole case was dismissed, no appeal is pending, and 3 years have passed (or the parties stipulate).

Cut the notice to end a residential tenancy at will from one month to 15 days. Military households still get two months' notice, and commercial tenancies at will keep one month.

Repealed the three-day written notice to quit that had to be served before certain evictions. The tenant's time to appear and answer rose from four to five days after service.

Redefines 'reliable documentation' for service and support animal requests and excludes certificates sold by websites whose main business is selling animal registrations.

Changes appeal procedure for detainer cases and requires a tenant appealing under § 29-18-130(b)(2) to post security equal to one year's rent. A period in § 29-18-118 drops from 15 to 7 days.

A property owner can ask the sheriff to remove people unlawfully occupying a residence who are not current or former tenants or immediate family, using a verified complaint form.

Voluntary municipal attainable housing incentive programs are not preempted by the ban on mandatory below-market units.

Rent increases now need 60 days' written notice, up from 30. Month-to-month tenants over 62 get 120 days, up from 60. Independent living, assisted living and congregate care facilities are excluded.

Landlords must disclose before lease signing whether the rental is in a FEMA special flood hazard area, using the state model form.

Added a definition of property management (collecting rent, holding security deposits, handling maintenance, paying vendors) to the Real Estate License Act and changed broker license qualifications.

Owners or their agents can ask local law enforcement to remove an unauthorized occupant by sworn affidavit, without an eviction case. It does not apply to tenants, holdover tenants, or immediate family, and knowingly renting out property you have no right to lease is now a crime.

Renamed salespersons as associates, rewrote the duties of brokers-in-charge and property managers-in-charge, and made licensees responsible for work produced with AI tools. Most of the act took effect on signing; the new team rules start 36 months after ratification.

The Human Rights Act now bars housing discrimination based on military status, which includes veterans and the spouse or child of a member or veteran.

Screening fees may cover only listed screening costs for adults and emancipated minors, with receipts on request and refunds of unused amounts within 30 days.

The Michigan Supreme Court amended MCR 4.201, adding pretrial procedures, tenant rights information, and pauses for pending rental assistance applications in nonpayment cases.

Makes entering property to live there without the owner's consent a form of criminal trespass and creates a fast citation and hearing process to remove unauthorized occupants.

If the sheriff cannot execute a writ of possession within 14 days of the landlord's request, the landlord may hire an approved off-duty officer at its own cost, with 5 days' notice to the sheriff.

Covered units in NYC, and in localities that opt in, can only be evicted or nonrenewed for listed grounds. Rent increases above the local rent standard (5% plus CPI, max 10%) are presumed unreasonable. The required Good Cause notice for leases, renewals and eviction papers took effect August 18, 2024, and the law expires June 15, 2034.

Tenancies over 12 months can end only for listed for-cause or no-fault reasons, with 90 days' notice for no-fault.

New section 543B.7A lets nonlicensed employees of a broker advertise, show units, collect rent and deposits, and complete form leases. It also exempts people who manage rentals for an entity, or an affiliated entity, in which they hold an ownership interest.

SB 567 tightened AB 1482's just cause rules for owner move-in, withdrawal from the rental market, and substantial remodel evictions. It also lets tenants sue over rent charged above the cap, with up to triple damages for willful violations; the rules still sunset January 1, 2030.

Cities and counties may not adopt or enforce landlord or tenant ordinances that conflict with Kentucky law.

The West Virginia Fair Housing Act moved from Chapter 5, Article 11A to Chapter 16B, Article 18. Protected classes did not change.

For leases entered on or after this date, landlords must offer a joint walk-through before move-in and use the state checklist if the tenant asks. Conditions noted on the checklist cannot be charged against the deposit.

For leases entered on or after this date, landlords give the state radon guide, any hazard records, and a radon disclosure form, and tenants may test within 90 days and end the lease if a hazard is not mitigated.

Allows the itemized statement by email to a verified address and deductions for cleaning or repair costs listed in the lease, with the lease excerpt attached.

Landlords must give a 14-day written notice with required content before filing a nonpayment eviction. Applies to cases filed on or after this date.

For leases signed on or after this date: entry only 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. with 24 hours' notice, nonoptional fees shown as a Total Monthly Payment, and tenant rights to initial and move-out inspections.

Notice to end a tenancy at will must be at least one rental period or three months, whichever is less. The separate 14-day notice to quit for unpaid rent on a tenancy at will was repealed, for leases entered into or renewed on or after this date.

Landlords and managers cannot charge rental application fees. If an applicant supplies a state background check or credit report issued within 90 days, no fee is allowed; otherwise you may charge only the actual cost and must give the applicant a copy.

Any party may move to seal an eviction case record starting 30 days after the appeal period ends. The court must seal it if the case was dismissed, a stipulation was satisfied, any money judgment was paid in full, or the case was dismissed for lack of prosecution after 5 years, with one request allowed every 5 years.

Tenants may name a representative for their belongings. After a tenant dies, the landlord sends notice, and the tenancy ends 15 days after notice or the paid-through date, whichever is later.

For tenancies covered by the wildfire emergency proclamations, a 15-day nonpayment notice and mediation apply once evictions resume. The section is repealed by December 31, 2026 at the latest.

Landlords may not charge application fees. They may charge only the actual cost of one background check, credit check or other screening, once per 12 months, and must give the applicant a full copy of the report.

Rent increases totaling 10 percent or more within 12 months need at least 75 days' written notice; smaller increases still need 45 days. Deed-restricted affordable and subsidized housing is exempt from the 75-day rule.

The state took over regulation of residential tenancies, voiding most local landlord-tenant ordinances, and the notice to end a month-to-month tenancy rose from 15 to 30 days.

Landlords may offer a nonrefundable fee instead of a deposit, paid monthly or on an agreed schedule, with a signed agreement, required disclosures, and the tenant's right to switch to a deposit at any time. If offered, it must be offered to all new tenants at the property.