Relating to landlord remedies and procedures relating to failure to timely pay rent, abandonment, and forcible entry and detainer

This bill relates to landlord remedies and procedures relating to failure to timely pay rent, abandonment, and forcible entry and detainer. Current law caps late fees on rental agreements in which rent is greater than $700 per month at $20 per day and $100 per month. Current law also allows an aggrieved party to recover actual damages in certain situations when a prohibited provision is willingly or knowingly used in a rental agreement. The bill allows a rental agreement to provide for late fees not to exceed percent of the rent per day and percent of the rent per month when rent exceeds $1,400 per month. The bill makes changes to the process for an action for abandonment of mobile homes. The bill extends the time by which a district court shall set a hearing after receiving a petition from not later than days to no sooner than days when there is a lien other than a tax lien on the mobile home or personal property. The bill provides notice, service, and publication procedures in an action for abandonment if the sole owner of a mobile home dies during the term of a rental agreement. The bill also makes a procedural change relating to jurisdiction in actions for forcible entry and detainer.