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• Alabama
• Alaska
• Arizona
• Arkansas Click on Title 18 (Property), then Subtitle 2 (Real Property), and the Landlord-Tenant Law is in Chapters 16 and 17.
• California (searchable index) Check the Box "Civil Code" and type "landlord tenant" in the search field
• Colorado (Go to Title 38, Article 12)
• Connecticut
• Delaware (begins at Chapter 51)
• District of Columbia
• Florida
• Georgia (searchable index)
• Guam
• Hawaii
• Idaho (searchable index)
• Illinois (scroll down to Landlord and Tenant)
• Indiana
• Iowa (searchable index)
• Kansas (searchable index)
• Kentucky (see Title XXXII)
• Louisiana (searchable index)
• Maine
• Maryland (searchable index)
• Massachusetts (see Chapters 183-189)
• Michigan (scroll down to "Housing")
• Minnesota
• Mississippi
• Missouri Revised Statutes | Chapter 441, and |
  chapter 535 (Landlord-Tenant Actions)
• Montana
• Nebraska
• Nevada (see Chapters 118, 118A, 118B)
• New Hampshire (Look in Chapters 540 A-C)
• New Jersey -- see Title 2A (searchable index)
• New Mexico (See Articles 8 & 8A)
• New York | Alternate Site (search)
  • Personal Property
  • Real Property
• North Carolina
• North Dakota (Adobe Acrobat Reader Required)
• Ohio
• Oklahoma (searchable index)
• Oregon (see Chapters 90-105)
• Pennsylvania (pdf of entire code)
  • Evictions
  • Fair Housing
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina (scroll down to t27c033 through t27c041)
• South Dakota
• Tennessee (Found in Title 66, chapters 28, 29 and 35)
• Texas
• Utah
• Vermont (Go to Title 9, Part 7)
• Virginia
• Virgin Islands
• Washington
  • Seattle Just Cause Eviction Code
• West Virginia (Landlord-Tenant Act is in 37-6 and following)
• Wisconsin (see Chapters 700-710) | Alternate Site
• Wyoming (pdf of entire code, you need Acrobat Reader)