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Tenn. Code Ann. § 13-6-103

Maintenance at level of community standards

Known as the Neighborhood Preservation Act

The act spans §§ 13–13 (8 sections).

Acts 2004, ch. 843, § 3; 2016, ch. 727, § 4.

(1) The owner of residential rental property or residential property shall be required to maintain the exterior of such property and the lot on which the residential rental property or residential property is located at a level which is no less than the community standards of the residential property in the area.

(2) It is prima facie evidence that the residential rental property or residential property is not maintained at the community standards of the residential property in the area if the owner of such residential rental property or residential property has been cited for three (3) or more separate violations of local building and construction codes or property standards governing residential property within a one-year period and the owner has not brought the property into compliance with such building and construction codes or property standards within such period.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.