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2021 Tennessee Code
Title 66 - Property
Chapter 28 - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act
Part 4 - Tenant Obligations
§ 66-28-401. General Maintenance and Conduct Obligations

Universal Citation:
TN Code § 66-28-401 (2021)
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The tenant shall:


  1. Comply with all obligations primarily imposed upon tenants by applicable provisions of building and housing codes materially affecting health and safety;

  2. Keep that part of the premises that the tenant occupies and uses as clean and safe as the condition of the premises when the tenant took possession;

  3. Dispose from the tenant's dwelling unit all ashes, rubbish, garbage, and other waste to the designated collection areas and into receptacles;

  4. Not deliberately or negligently destroy, deface, damage, impair or remove any part of the premises or permit any person to do so; and shall not engage in any illegal conduct on the premises; and

  5. Act and require other persons on the premises, with the tenant's or other occupants' consent, to act in a manner that will not disturb the neighbors' peaceful enjoyment of the premises.
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