For more information scroll down to the bottom or click here!   Applicability of Landlord Tenant Laws in The United States. Each of the jurisdictions in this country have some sort of landlord-tenant laws on the books. Some of these mandate that that state's law must apply to a residential lease and/or a commercial lease. Others allow the parties to certain leases to "opt-out" of that state's laws and choose the law of another state to control the obligations of the contract. Some states specifically allow for an opt-out, while others have no statute concerning the territorial applicability of their landlord-tenant laws, and thus the ability to choose another state's law is implied. In the following chart, the term "state law" next to a state means that the landlord-tenant law of that state must be used. The phrase "may opt-out" indicates that the parties are free to make a choice of law to control their contract, so long as the general requirements for choice of law (previously analyzed) are met. STATE COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL Alabama May opt-out May opt-out Alaska State Law State Law Arizona State Law State Law Arkansas May opt-out May opt-out California State Law State Law Colorado May opt-out May opt-out Connecticut State Law State Law Delaware State Law State Law D.C. May opt-out May opt-out Florida State Law State Law Georgia May opt-out May opt-out Hawaii State Law State Law Idaho State Law State Law Illinois State Law State Law Indiana May opt-out May opt-out Iowa State Law State Law Kentucky May opt-out May opt-out Louisiana May opt-out May opt-out Maine State Law State Law Maryland May opt-out May opt-out Massachusetts May opt-out May opt-out Michigan State Law State Law Minnesota State Law State Law Mississippi May opt-out State Law Missouri May opt-out May opt-out Montana May opt-out State Law Nebraska State Law State Law Nevada May opt-out State Law New Hampshire May opt-out May opt-out New Jersey May opt-out May opt-out New Mexico May opt-out State Law New York May opt-out May opt-out North Carolina State Law State Law North Dakota May opt-out May opt-out Ohio State Law State Law Oklahoma State Law State Law Oregon May opt-out State Law Pennsylvania May opt-out May opt-out Rhode Island*     South Carolina May opt-out State Law South Dakota May opt-out May opt-out Tennessee May opt-out State Law Texas May opt-out State Law Utah May opt-out May opt-out Vermont May opt-out May opt-out Virginia May opt-out May opt-out Washington Washington State Law West Virginia May opt-out May opt-out Wisconsin May opt-out State Law Wyoming May opt-out May opt-out * Statutes not available Ready to Incorporate? Call NCP Today! 1-800-351-5111 And You Will Avoid Costly Mistakes!

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