Tennessee Statutes
§ 66-28-401 — General maintenance and conduct obligations
Tennessee § 66-28-401
JurisdictionTennessee
Title66
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-28-401 (2026).
Text
The tenant shall:
(1)Comply with all obligations primarily imposed upon tenants by applicable provisions of building and housing codes materially affecting health and safety;
(2)Keep that part of the premises that the tenant occupies and uses as clean and safe as the condition of the premises when the tenant took possession;
(3)Dispose from the tenant's dwelling unit all ashes, rubbish, garbage, and other waste to the designated collection areas and into receptacles;
(4)Not deliberately or negligently destroy, deface, damage, impair or remove any part of the premises or permit any person to do so; and shall not engage in any illegal conduct on the premises; and (5) Act and require other persons on the premises, with the tenant's or other occupants' consent, to act in a manner that will
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Legislative History
Acts 1975, ch. 245, § 3.101; T.C.A., § 64-2831; Acts 2005, ch. 156, § 4.
Nearby Sections
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Estates tail abolished§ 66-1-103
Rule in Shelley's case abolished§ 66-1-107
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Doctrine of worthier title abolished§ 66-1-201
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Tennessee § 66-28-401, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/66-28-401.