This bill creates a residential rental unit registry administered by the Secretary of State in which all residential rental property owners in the State must register all residential rental units except for units provided as subsidized housing or registered on a municipal registry. A municipality may receive data from the registry regarding rental units in that municipality. A residential landlord may not terminate a tenant's lease for nonpayment of rent if the tenant's unit is not registered as required and may not serve the tenant with a notice of termination for nonpayment of rent less than 120 days after registering; in either case, the residential landlord commits a civil violation for which a fine in the amount of 3 times the rent of the unit must be adjudged. The landlord must attach a statement describing the prohibition in any service of process for entry and detainer being served on a tenant.

Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 1806, HP 1207: 13-B.1301, 13-C.1621, 14.6004, 31.873, 31.1330, 31.1665