Changes to Existing Law

Termination of lease by tenant--Causes. A tenant may terminate a lease before the end of the term if: (1) When the The landlord does not, within a reasonable time after request, fulfill his obligations, if any, as to placing and securing the tenant in quiet possession of the premises or putting the premises into good condition or repairing the same; or (2) When the The greater part of the leased premises or that part which was, and which the landlord had at the time of leasing, reason to believe was the material inducement to the tenant to enter into the contract lease, is destroyed, from any other cause than the ordinary negligence of the tenant; or (3) The tenant meets the provisions of § 43-32-19.1.