Recodifying the landlord and tenant lawARTICLE 1 - LANDLORD AND TENANTDefining certain termsLEASING AND RENTRecodifying certain provisions relating to lease requirements, restrictions and enforcement, rent liability and tenancy termination OBLIGATIONS AND COVENANTSRecodifying certain provisions relating to covenant requirements and restrictions, security deposits and certain notice or disclosure requirements BUILDING INSPECTION REPORTS; BUILDING CODE VIOLATIONS; CONDEMNED BUILDINGSRecodifying certain provisions relating to building inspection, notice and disclosure requirements, building code violations and condemned buildings TENANTS RIGHTSRecodifying certain provisions relating to tenant rights to seek police and emergency assistance and to privacyUTILITIES INTERRUPTIONS; UNLAWFUL OUSTERRecodifying certain provisions relating to loss of essential services, unlawful termination or interruption of utilities and intentional ouster RESIDENTIAL TENANT REPORTSDefining certain terms; recodifying certain provisions regulating residential tenant reports by screening services MISCELLANEOUS RIGHTSRecodifying certain provisions relating to lease termination or cancellation, pets in subsidized handicapped accessible rental housing units, tenant abandoned property and the legal rights and obligations statement of the attorney general EVICTION ACTIONSRecodifying certain provisions prohibiting forcible entry and unlawful detainer and regulating eviction actions, specifying certain duties of the court and providing for appeal RESIDENTIAL TENANT ACTIONSRecodifying certain provisions providing for tenant actions for unlawful exclusion or removal, for loss of essential services or facilities and for building violations and for the imposition of fines against landlords for noncompliance with building repair orders TENANT REMEDIES ACTION Recodifying certain provisions providing for certain tenant remedy actions by residential tenants, housing related neighborhood organizations or state, county or local departments or authorities and for the appointment of administrators; specifying certain codification instructions to the revisor of statutes; repealing the previous law providing for the recodification of landlord and tenant provisions ARTICLE 2 - CONFORMING CHANGESMaking conforming amendments to certain statutory provisions relating to unfair or deceptive automobile insurance practices, the real estate research and recovery fund, the relocation of residents for lead hazard reduction purposes, nursing home residents rights, housing with services establishments, property manager background checks, manufactured home park rental agreements, accessible rental units, housing finance agency (HFA) residential housing rehabilitation grants, multifamily housing development revenue agreements, municipal industrial development projects, water or wastewater treatment privatization, the unauthorized practice of law, the district court housing calendar program, forcible entry and unlawful detainer actions court jurisdiction and liens, common interest community (CIC) conversion property, foreclosed property receivers, the crime of owning or leasing a disorderly house and seizure of contraband or controlled substances on rental property; specifying certain reference change instructions to the revisor of statutes (Ch. 199, 1999)