(a) This chapter shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.
(b) Underlying purposes and policies of this chapter are:
(1) to simplify, clarify, modernize, and revise the law governing the rental of dwelling units and the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants;
(2) to encourage landlords and tenants to maintain and improve the quality of housing; and
(3) to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among those states which enact it.
(c) This chapter shall be construed as applying only to the residential landlord and tenant relationship. The chapter does not create any duties in tort or causes of action in tort, nor does it deprive anyone of any causes of action in tort that may exist apart from this chapter.
(Act 2006-316, p. 668, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
4
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2 in the last 5 years), 2010–2024 · leading case:
Ervin v. Stackhouse, 64 So. 3d 666 (Ala. Civ. App. 2010).
Ervin v. Stackhouse, 64 So. 3d 666 (Ala. Civ. App. 2010).
· cites it 2× “” Ala.Code 1975, § 35-9A-102(b)(1) (emphasis added).”
Maiers v. Gibbs, 68 So. 3d 769 (Ala. 2010).
“See § 35-9A-102(c) (“This chapter shall be construed as applying only to the residential landlord and tenant relationship.”
Harold Wallace v. The Hous. Auth. of the City of Talladega (Ala. Civ. App. 2023).
“The Housing Authority made no attempt to argue and show that no factual dispute existed as to the status of the back-porch stair such that Coggin was 1975, § 35-9A-102(c). We must presume that the legislature was familiar with the decisions of our courts when it passed the Act…”
Ala. Code § 35-9A-102(b)(1): 1 case
Ervin v. Stackhouse, 64 So. 3d 666 (Ala. Civ. App. 2010).
“” Ala.Code 1975, § 35-9A-102(b)(1) (emphasis added).”
Ala. Code § 35-9A-102(c): 3 cases
Maiers v. Gibbs, 68 So. 3d 769 (Ala. 2010).
“See § 35-9A-102(c) (“This chapter shall be construed as applying only to the residential landlord and tenant relationship.”
Harold Wallace v. The Hous. Auth. of the City of Talladega (Ala. Civ. App. 2023).
“The Housing Authority made no attempt to argue and show that no factual dispute existed as to the status of the back-porch stair such that Coggin was 1975, § 35-9A-102(c). We must presume that the legislature was familiar with the decisions of our courts when it passed the Act…”
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