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§41-117.
§41-117.
A. At the commencement of the term a landlord shall deliver full
possession of the premises to the tenant in compliance with the rental
agreement and Section 118 of this title. Except as otherwise provided
in this act, the landlord may bring an action for possession against
any other person wrongfully in possession and may recover his damages.
B. A rental agreement may provide reasonable limitations upon use of a
dwelling unit or premises by a tenant or occupant. A landlord shall
have the right to demand that an occupant vacate the dwelling unit or
the premises or both if such occupant breaches any condition of the
rental agreement which would be enforceable against the tenant. If a
landlord makes a written request to the tenant or to the occupant for
the occupant to depart from the dwelling unit or the premises or both,
the occupant shall comply. If the occupant wrongfully fails to comply
within a reasonable time, the occupant shall, upon conviction, be
deemed guilty of a trespass and may be punished by a fine of not to
exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by confinement in the county
jail for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days or by both such fine
and imprisonment.
C. An occupancy limitation of two (2) persons per bedroom residing in
a dwelling unit shall be presumed reasonable for this state. The
two-person limitation shall not apply to a child or children born to
the tenants during the course of the lease.
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