§ 38-12-504 — Tenant's maintenance of premises

(1) In addition to any duties
imposed upon a tenant by a rental agreement, every tenant of a residential
premises has a duty to use that portion of the premises within the tenant's control
in a reasonably clean and safe manner. A tenant fails to maintain the premises in a
reasonably clean and safe manner when the tenant substantially fails to:

(a) Comply with obligations imposed upon tenants by applicable provisions
of building, health, and housing codes materially affecting health and safety;

(b) Keep the dwelling unit reasonably clean, safe, and sanitary as permitted
by the conditions of the unit;

(c) Dispose of ashes, garbage, rubbish, and other waste from the dwelling
unit in a clean, safe, sanitary, and legally compliant manner;

(d) Use in a reasonable manner all electrical, plumbing, sanitary, heating,
ventilating, air-conditioning, elevators, and other facilities and appliances in the
dwelling unit;

(e) Conduct himself or herself and require other persons in the residential
premises within the tenant's control to conduct themselves in a manner that does
not disturb their neighbors' peaceful enjoyment of the neighbors' dwelling unit; or

(f) Promptly notify the landlord if the residential premises is uninhabitable as
defined in section 38-12-505 or if there is a condition that could result in the
premises becoming uninhabitable if not remedied.

(2) In addition to the duties set forth in subsection (1) of this section, a tenant
shall not knowingly, intentionally, deliberately, or negligently destroy, deface,
damage, impair, or remove any part of the residential premises or knowingly permit
any person within his or her control to do so.

(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize a modification of a
landlord's obligations under this part 5.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2008: Entire part added, p. 1822, � 3, effective September 1. L. 2024: (3) amended, (SB 24-094), ch.158, p. 713, � 4, effective May 3.