How to handle security deposits, evictions, lease termination, and habitability issues — for renters and landlords.
A plain-language reference to the Arizona Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, the statute behind leases, security deposits, repairs, landlord entry, notices, and eviction for Arizona renters and owners.
Michigan gives squatters no special right to stay. The 15-year adverse possession rule, the criminal squatting law, and how to evict through district court.
Virginia law sets what a residential lease must contain and what it cannot, from the written agreement and fee itemization to security deposit limits, required disclosures, and prohibited provisions.
The written notice Michigan requires before an eviction depends on the reason: a 7-day demand for possession for unpaid rent, a notice to quit to end a tenancy, and shorter notices for damage or illegal activity, each with its own SCAO form.
What New Jersey law requires in a residential lease: the Truth in Renting statement, flood-risk and lead-paint disclosures, security deposit limits, and the clauses courts will not enforce.
A step-by-step look at how eviction works in New Jersey, from the first notice through the Special Civil Part hearing to the court-officer lockout, and how long each stage takes.
North Carolina sets few mandatory lease clauses but limits deposits, late fees, and repair-duty waivers, and federal law requires a lead-paint disclosure.
Michigan tenants can end a lease early without owing a penalty only on specific legal grounds. This guide covers the military, domestic-violence, and senior or medical exits, unfit-unit claims, and what a tenant owes when no ground applies.
Georgia caps the timing and handling of security deposits, not the amount. Landlords must return deposits within 30 days or face triple damages and attorney’s fees.
New Jersey’s implied warranty of habitability requires landlords to keep rentals safe and livable. Here is what the warranty covers, where it comes from, and the remedies tenants have when a landlord ignores a serious repair.
A plain-language map of residential landlord-tenant law in New Jersey: leases, the 1.5-month deposit cap, rent increases, habitability, and the good-cause eviction process in the Special Civil Part.
A step-by-step timeline of the Virginia eviction process, from the first termination notice through the unlawful detainer hearing, judgment, appeal period, and the sheriff-executed writ of eviction.