TITLE 6
ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES
CHAPTER 3
FORCIBLE ENTRY AND UNLAWFUL DETAINER
6-303. Unlawful detainer defined. A tenant of real property, for a term less than life, is guilty of an unlawful detainer:
1. When he continues in possession, in person or by subtenant, of the property, or any part thereof, after the expiration of the term for which it is let to him, without the permission of his landlord, or the successor in estate of his landlord, if any there be; but in case of a tenancy at will, it must first be terminated by notice, as prescribed in the civil code.