Prohibitions in Rental Agreements Due to Death

The bill prohibits residential rental agreements from requiring acceleration of rent beyond the end of the month or more than 10 business days after the dwelling unit is vacated after notice to the landlord of the death of the tenant, whichever is later, liquidated damages, or other penalties , or from requiring a person to forgo a sum of money that would have otherwise been refunded, if the rental agreement is terminated before the end of its term due to the death of a tenant. or other individual who is responsible for the payment of rent under the rental agreement. A landlord may take possession of the dwelling unit without filing an eviction action or otherwise obtaining a court order if the personal representative of the tenant's estate notifies the landlord of the surrender of the premises; or,30 days after the death of the tenant, rent remains unpaid or substantially all of the tenant's property has been removed.

(Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)

(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)