2025 Statutes Index

landlord and tenant LANDLORD AND TENANT

Generally, Ch. 704

Abandoned property of tenant, 704.05 (5)

Abandonment by tenant, recovery for damages, mitigation, 704.29

Absconding without paying rent, 943.215

Terminates lease, 704.19 (6)

Agricultural leases:

Croppers contracts:

Generally, 241.03

Removal of tenant, 710.10

Limitation on term, I, 14

Agriculture, trade and consumer protection department, regulatory restrictions, 704.95

Alterations or additions by tenant, 704.05 (3)

Assignment:

Effect of, 704.09

Waste by subtenant, liability, 844.06

Writing required, 704.03 (3)

Automatic renewal clause, when enforceable, 704.15

Cable and other video service, multiunit dwellings, landlord may not prevent connection, 66.0421

Carbon monoxide detectors, residential buildings, 101.149, 101.647

Check-in sheet, 704.08

Condemnation, replacement housing, 32.19

Condominium, conversion to, tenant’s rights, 703.08

Cropper contracts, see Agricultural leases, under this head

Definitions, 704.01

Eviction actions:

See also Termination of tenancies, under this head

Adjournments, 799.27 (1)

Appeals, 799.445

Attorney fees, 799.25 (10) (b)

Commencement, 799.40 (1)

Complaint, 799.41, 799.42

Court automation program, record retention, 758.20

Defendant’s pleading, 799.43

Joinder of other claims, 799.40 (2)

Order for judgment, 799.44

Personal property disposal, 799.45 (3), (3m)

Procedure, 799.01

Restitution, writ of, 799.44, 799.45

Return date, 799.05 (3)

Service, 799.05 (3)

No personal service, proceedings, 799.16

Trial by jury, 799.21 (3) (a)

Eviction moratoria prohibited, 66.1010

Failure to pay rent, notice terminating tenancies, 704.17

Foreclosure against landlord, effect, 708.02

Gambling operation by tenant, terminates lease, 823.20

Holding over after termination of lease:

Generally, 704.25

Damages, 704.27

Tenant at sufferance, 710.10 (2)

Human health hazards, 254.595

Inclusionary zoning prohibition, 66.1015

Interference with other tenants, 704.05 (3)

Landlord’s rights:

Access, disposition of property left, 704.05

Acts of tenant not affecting, 704.13

Restrictions by ordinance, limitations, 66.0104

Retaliatory conduct by landlord prohibited, 704.45

Tenant references, liability exemption, 895.489

Lead-bearing paint hazards in dwellings:

Certificates of lead-free and lead-safe status, 254.181

Prevention and control, 254.172

Reduction of hazards in, 254.18

Rules for dwellings, 254.179

Lead poisoning violation, rent held in escrow, 254.30

Leases, generally:

Credit and background checks, 704.085

Decedent’s personal representative, see Probate and Transfers at Death—17. Sale, Mortgage and Lease of Property

Electronic delivery of documents, 704.10

Incompetents, see Guardianships—3. Management of Estates

Prohibited provisions, 704.44

Trustee powers, 701.0816 (9)

Writing required:

Deficiencies, equitable relief, 706.04

Effect of deficiency, 704.03

Formal requirements for conveyances, generally, applicability, 706.001 (2), 706.02

Notice of domestic abuse protections, 704.14

Severability of provisions, 704.02

Lien of landlord, 704.11

Life estate leased, life tenant dies, remedies, 704.40

Long-term lease, remedy on default, 704.31

Month-to-month tenant, creation by deficient lease, 704.03 (2)

Periodic tenancy creation:

Deficient lease, 704.03 (2)

Holding over, 704.25 (2)

Personal property, disposition:

Left by tenant, 704.05 (5)

Left by trespasser, 704.055