(e) Whenever the term of the rental agreement
expires, whether by passage of time, by mutual agreement, by the giving of
notice as provided in subsection (a), (b), (c), or (d) or by the exercise by
the landlord of a right to terminate given under this chapter, if the tenant
continues in possession after the date of termination without the landlord's
consent, the tenant may be liable to the landlord for a sum not to exceed twice
the monthly rent under the previous rental agreement, computed and prorated on
a daily basis, for each day the tenant remains in possession. The landlord may
bring a summary proceeding for recovery of the possession of the dwelling unit
at any time during the first sixty days of holdover. Should the landlord fail
to commence summary possession proceedings within the first sixty days of the
holdover, in the absence of a rental agreement, a month-to-month tenancy at the
monthly rent stipulated in the previous rental agreement shall prevail
beginning at the end of the first sixty days of holdover.
(f) Any notice of termination initiated for
the purposes of evading the obligations of the landlord under subsections
521-21(d) or (e) shall be void. [L 1972, c 132, pt of §1; am L 1975, c 104, §3;
am L 1978, c 124, §2; am L 1979, c 95, §1; am L 1980, c 189, §4; am L 1982, c
211, §2; am L 1985, c 164, §5; gen ch 1985; am L 1987, c 29, §1; am L 1988, c
65, §2 and c 307, §4; am L 1989, c 169, §2; am L 1990, c 57, §2; am L 1991, c
194, §1; am L 1995, c 41, §1; am L 1996, c 221, §1; am L 2004, c 164, §25; am L
2008, c 28, §19; am L 2017, c 181, §39]
Cross References
Effect of acceptance of rent during litigation, see §666-5.
Summary possession proceedings, see §666-6.
Case Notes
Timeliness of notice. 61 H. 144, 598 P.2d 161 (1979).