Statutes and regulations

48-A:3 Provisions of Ordinances, Codes and Bylaws.

N.H. Rev. Stat. § 48-A:3 · New Hampshire · Statutes

Title III › Chapter 48-A › Section 3

That whenever a petition is filed with the public agency by at least 10 residents of the municipality charging that any dwelling is unfit for human habitation or whenever it appears to the public agency … by inspection that any dwelling is unfit for human habitation, it shall, if preliminary investigation discloses a basis for such charges, issue and cause to be served upon the owner, every mortgagee of

"Dwelling"

Ind. Code § 16-18-2-104 · Indiana · Statutes

Title 16 › Article 18 › Chapter 2 › Section 16-18-2-104

"Dwelling" includes any part of any building or the building's premises used as a place of residence or habitation or for sleeping by a person. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-25-4.]

Section 16-1-15 Classification and Grouping of Pupils Upon Consideration of Social Attitudes, Etc

Ala. Code § 16-1-15 · Alabama · Statutes

Title 16 › Chapter 1 › Section 16-1-15

board may classify and group pupils upon consideration of their social attitudes, their amenability to discipline, their hostility toward the school environment and their health, morals, cleanliness and habits

17-4759 - Ordinances relating to repair, closing, demolition or removal of structures unsafe, insanitary, dangerous or inimical to welfare of residents; complaints and orders issued pursuant thereto.

K.S.A. § 17-4759 · Kansas · Statutes

Chapter 17 › Article 47 › Section 17-4759

(a) Whenever any municipality finds that there exist in such municipality structures which are unfit for human use or habitation due to dilapidation, defects increasing the hazards of fire, accidents or … Such ordinance may provide additional standards to guide the public officer or the officer's agents or employees in determining the fitness of a structure for human use or habitation.

“Building, housing and health codes” defined

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 118A.050 · Nevada · Statutes

Title 10 › Chapter 118A › Section 118A.050

Health, safety, sanitation or fitness for habitation; or 2. The construction, maintenance, operation, occupancy, use or appearance, of any premises or dwelling unit.

"Transient lodging facility"

Ind. Code § 8-15-3-8 · Indiana · Statutes

Title 8 › Article 15 › Chapter 3 › Section 8-15-3-8

As used in this chapter, "transient lodging facility" means accommodations for overnight or temporary habitation. The term includes a hotel, motel, motor court, lodge, or inn.

WAC 296-56-60155. Space under hoistway

WAC 296-56-60155 · Washington · Regulations

Title 296 › Chapter 296-56 › WAC 296-56-60155

Employers must make sure there is no habitable space below the elevator hoistway and counterweight shaft unless the floor is designed to withstand an impact 125 percent greater than the impact generated

Owner's reporting requirements where nonowner establishes habitation within flood plain

S.D. Codified Laws § 46-7-5.6 · South Dakota · Statutes

Title 46 › Chapter 7 › Section 46-7-5.6

If any individual other than the owner of a high - hazard dam establishes a habitation within the flood plain, the owner shall report the name, address and location of the individual to the chief engineer

§ 700.71 Improvements.

25 C.F.R. § 700.71 (2025) · Federal · Regulations

Title 25 CFR › Chapter IV › Part 700 › Subpart A › § 700.71

Improvements are structures and attached fixtures to the land owned by a member of a household required to relocate under the terms of the Act, in addition to the habitation which improvements cannot readily

26 TAC § 744.1501. What is child/caregiver ratio?, DIVISION 1. RATIOS AND GROUP SIZES AT THE OPERATION

26 Tex. Admin. Code § 744.1501 · Texas · Regulations

Title 26 › Part 1 › Chapter 744 › Subchapter E › 26 TAC § 744.1501

(b) Each child must have a caregiver who is responsible for the child and who is aware of details of the child's habits, interests, and any special needs.

§4–602.

Md. Code, Natural Resources § 4-602 · Maryland · Statutes

Article gnr › Title 4 › Subtitle 6 › Section 4-602

With due regard for distribution, abundance, economic value, and breeding habits of fish in nontidal waters, the Secretary may adopt rules and regulations to extend, restrict, or prohibit catching, possessing

§ 222.75 Studies.

36 C.F.R. § 222.75 (2026) · Federal · Regulations

Title 36 CFR › Chapter II › Part 222 › Subpart D › § 222.75

The Chief, Forest Service, is authorized and directed to undertake those studies of the habits and habitat of wild free-roaming horses and burros that he may deem necessary.

25-407 - Rule for determining residence of voter.

K.S.A. § 25-407 · Kansas · Statutes

Chapter 25 › Article 4 › Section 25-407

"Residence" means the place adopted by a person as such person's place of habitation, and to which, whenever such person is absent, such person has the intention of returning.

Condition of rental premises upon termination of occupancy

Ind. Code § 32-31-7-6 · Indiana · Statutes

Title 32 › Article 31 › Chapter 7 › Section 32-31-7-6

the termination of a tenant's occupancy, the tenant shall deliver the rental premises to the landlord in a clean and proper condition, excepting ordinary wear and tear expected in the normal course of habitation

§ 700.145 Payments to estates.

25 C.F.R. § 700.145 (2025) · Federal · Regulations

Title 25 CFR › Chapter IV › Part 700 › Subpart C › § 700.145

Eligible Head of Household under the following circumstances: (1) If there is no household requiring relocation pursuant to the Act surviving the deceased head of household: (i) Compensation for the habitation … and other improvements owned by the deceased head of household and the cost of removing personal property from the acquired habitation and other improvements shall be paid to the estate of a deceased

38-12-1403. Duties of the seller

C.R.S. § 38-12-1403 · Colorado · Statutes

Title 38 › Article 12 › Part 14 › Section 38-12-1403

owner of the mobile home and receives the title to the mobile home from the seller or until the lot lease and mobile home lease are legally and validly terminated; (b) Ensure that the mobile home is habitable … owed at the time the title to the mobile home is transferred; and (e) Return to the purchaser of the mobile home all purchase payments made by the purchaser if the mobile home is rendered unfit for habitation

Section 1942.3

Cal. CIV § 1942.3 · California · Statutes

Code civ › Division 3 › Part 4 › Title 5 › Chapter 2 › Section 1942.3

(a) In any unlawful detainer action by the landlord to recover possession from a tenant, a rebuttable presumption affecting the burden of producing evidence that the landlord has breached the habitability … therein are proven, but failure to so establish the presumption shall not otherwise affect the right of the tenant to raise and pursue any defense based on the landlord’s breach of the implied warranty of habitability

475A.477 Grounds for revocation, suspension or restriction of license

ORS § 475a.477 · Oregon · Statutes

Title 37 › Chapter 475a › Section 475a.477

(d) Is in the habit of using alcoholic liquor, habit-forming drugs, marijuana, psilocybin products or controlled substances to excess.

§ 61.003. RESIDENCE.

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 61.003 · Texas · Statutes

Code hs › Chapter 61 › Section 61.003

(a) For purposes of this chapter, a person is presumed to be a resident of the governmental entity in which the person's home or fixed place of habitation to which the person intends to return after a … However, if a person's home or fixed place of habitation is located in a hospital district, the person is presumed to be a resident of that hospital district.

90.317 Repair or replacement of carbon monoxide alarm

ORS § 90.317 · Oregon · Statutes

Title 10 › Chapter 90 › Section 90.317

(4) Supplying and maintaining a carbon monoxide alarm required under this section is a habitable condition requirement under ORS 90.320 (Landlord to maintain premises in habitable condition) . [2009