13-6-103 - Maintenance at level of community standards. - Tennessee Statutes

13-6-103. Maintenance at level of community standards.

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

(b)  It is prima facie evidence that the residential rental property or unoccupied residence is not maintained at the community standards of the residential property in the area if the owner of such residential rental property or unoccupied residence 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.

[Acts 2004, ch. 843, § 3.]