(h) Termination of shared occupancy. A rental arrangement whereby a person rents to another individual one or more rooms
in his or her personal residence that includes the shared use of any of the common
living spaces, such as the living room, kitchen, or bathroom, may be terminated by
either party by providing actual notice to the other of the date the rental agreement
shall terminate, which shall be at least 15 days after the date of actual notice if
the rent is payable monthly and at least seven days after the date of actual notice
if the rent is payable weekly.
(i) Multiple notices. All actual notices that are in compliance with this section shall not invalidate any
other actual notice and shall be a valid basis for commencing and maintaining an action
for possession pursuant to this chapter, 10 V.S.A. chapter 153, 11 V.S.A. chapter 14, or 12 V.S.A. chapter 169, notwithstanding that the notices may be based on different or unrelated grounds,
dates of termination, or that the notices are sent at different times prior to or
during an ejectment action. A landlord may maintain an ejectment action and rely on
as many grounds for ejectment as are allowed by law at any time during the eviction
process.
(j) Payment after termination; effect.
(1) A landlord’s acceptance of full or partial rent payment by or on behalf of a tenant
after the termination of the tenancy for reasons other than nonpayment of rent or
at any time during the ejectment action shall not result in the dismissal of an ejectment
action or constitute a waiver of the landlord’s remedies to proceed with an eviction
action based on any of the following:
(A) the tenant’s breach of the terms of a rental agreement pursuant to subsection (b)
of this section;