§ 31.03 Jurisdictional Table Reflecting Generally the State Court Views on a Tenant's Right to Assign or Sublease

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§ 31.03 Jurisdictional Table Reflecting Generally the State Court Views on a Tenant's Right to Assign or Sublease

Jurisdictional Table


Jurisdiction

May a landlord arbitrarily withhold consent under an unqualified provision in the lease prohibiting assignment or subletting of the leased premises without the landlord's consent?

Must the landlord's refusal to consent to assignment or subletting be based on reasonable grounds where the lease provides that consent shall not be unreasonably withheld?

Can a tenant freely assign or sublease the leased premises without securing the landlord's consent where the lease has no provision regarding assignment or subletting?

1

Alabama

NO

YES

YES

2

Alaska

NO

YES

YES

3

Arizona

NO

YES

YES

4

Arkansas

NO

YES

YES

5

California

NO

YES

YES

6

Colorado

NO

YES

YES

7

Connecticut

NO

YES

YES

8

Delaware

YES

YES

YES

9

Florida

NO

YES

YES

10

Georgia

YES

YES

YES

11

Hawaii

NO*

YES

YES

12

Idaho

NO

YES

YES

13

Illinois

NO

YES

YES

14

Indiana

YES

YES

YES

15

Iowa

NO*

YES

YES

16

Kansas

NO*

YES

YES

17

Kentucky

YES

YES

YES

18

Louisiana

NO

YES

YES

19

Maine

YES*

YES

YES

20

Maryland

NO

YES

YES

21

Massachusetts

YES

YES

YES

22

Michigan

YES

YES

YES

23

Minnesota

YES

YES

YES

24

Mississippi

YES*

YES

YES

25

Missouri

YES*

YES

YES

26

Montana

NO*

YES

YES

27

Nebraska

NO

YES

YES

28

Nevada

NO*

YES

YES

29

New Hampshire

YES

YES

YES

30

New Jersey

NO

YES

YES

31

New Mexico

NO

YES

YES

32

New York

YES

YES

YES

33

North Carolina

YES

YES

YES

34

North Dakota

NO*

YES

YES

35

Ohio

YES

YES

YES

36

Oklahoma

YES*

YES

YES

37

Oregon

YES

YES

YES

38

Pennsylvania

YES

YES

YES

39

Phode Island

NO*

YES

YES

40

South Carolina

YES

YES

YES

41

South Dakota

NO*

YES

YES

42

Tennessee

NO*

YES

YES

43

Texas

YES

YES

NO

44

Utah

NO*

YES

YES

45

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