SENATE BILL 500

File Code: Real Property

Sponsored By:

Senators Trotter, Young, Lawlah, Hughes, Currie, and Conway

Entitled:

Landlord and Tenant - Eviction - Protection and Removal of Chattel

Synopsis:

Requiring a landlord, after the landlord has obtained a warrant to repossess the property of the landlord, to provide notice to a tenant of the date on which the landlord intends to remove the tenant's chattel from the property; providing a 5-day time waiting period allowing the tenant to remove the tenant's chattel from the property before the landlord is allowed to put the tenant's chattel out on the street; requiring a landlord to secure the tenant's chattel during the waiting period; etc.

Legislative History

Senate Action

1/30

First Reading Judicial Proceedings

2/5

Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.

3/3

Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings

House Action

No Action

Sponsored by:

Senator Decatur W. Trotter, District 24

Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43

Senator Ulysses Currie, District 25

Senator Ralph M. Hughes, District 40

Senator Gloria Gary Lawlah, District 26

Senator Larry Young, District 44

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

EVICTION

LANDLORD AND TENANT -see also- EVICTION; LEASES AND RENT

NOTICES

Bill affects the following Statute:

Real Property

( 8-401 )

Documents:

Bill Text:

First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)