Tennessee Department of Health, If You Rent a Place, Know Your Legal Rights and Duties

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Tennessee Department of Health, If You Rent a Place, Know Your Legal Rights and Duties
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Tennessee (state)
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your lease if you • Were evicted by a court order OR
are “totally disabled” • Don’t ask for a walk thru OR
• Don’t show up for the walk thru OR
If you are totally disabled, there • Don’t tell the landlord how to reach you OR
are special rules about ending • Abandoned the place by:
your lease. o Being behind on rent AND leaving for
30 days or more without saying why
You can end your lease without OR
paying extra IF these 3 things are true: o Being 15 days late with the rent AND it
1. You are totally disabled and looks like you have left for good.
2. Your landlord won’t let you make changes
you need because of your disability. These Ask the landlord for a
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