Arizona, joins Maine, Illinois, and New York as the first states to have enacted substantive bed bug related legislation. Governor Jan Brewer signed into law legislation assigning various responsibilities to landlords and tenants pertaining to bed bugs in multi-family housing.
Under Arizonas new law, landlords will be obligated to provide existing and new tenants with educational materials on bedbugs and prohibited from knowingly leasing a bed bug infested dwelling unit. The legislation also requires tenants to notify the landlord of a bed bug infestation and disallows them from knowingly moving bed bug infested materials into a dwelling unit.
While there is some good news about the upcoming bed bug legislation, as always there will be confusion involved because either a landlord or a tenant does not understand the new law and the main question(s) will be:
This normally is a situation ofLandlord Vs. Tenant!
For Everyones Peace of Mind
Landlords:
Tenants:
Please read, learn and understand the new lawsbefore assuming you have some new Right to Bed Bug treatment at no charge, and most importantly keep detailed records of what you have done either as a landlord or a tenant, and of course use a professional pest management company like Invader Pest Management. I suggest that both Landlords and Tenants make all their notifications to one another in writing, and that all leases be thoroughly reviewed before entering into.
This section is the meat of the bed bug legislation -
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