Alabama Landlord-Tenant Laws
Alabama Security deposits
Alabama caps security deposits at one month's rent, but lets landlords charge extra for pets, tenant changes to the premises, or increased liability risks — and those add-on deposits have no statutory limit.
Alabama Rent increase notice
Alabama has no statute requiring advance notice of a rent increase — the 30-day figure widely quoted online is derived from Ala.
Alabama Late fees
Alabama sets no cap on residential late fees and mandates no grace period — rent is payable 'without demand or notice at the time and place agreed upon by the parties' (Ala.
Alabama Entry notice
Alabama landlords must give tenants at least two days' notice before entering a rental for inspections, repairs, services, or showings, and may enter only at reasonable times — and the statute expressly allows delivering that notice by posting a note on the tenant's front door stating the intended time and purpose.
How this record was verified: Alabama's code is LexisNexis-published and the official ALISON code viewer serves JavaScript-rendered pages a fetcher cannot read (legacy alisondb host is dead), so verification pairs independent current-code mirrors with official as-enacted session-law text: Ala. Code §§ 35-9A-121, 35-9A-122, 35-9A-141, 35-9A-143, 35-9A-161, 35-9A-163, 35-9A-201, 35-9A-303, 35-9A-421, 35-9A-441, and 11-80-8.1 each read verbatim on at least two independent hosts (Justia 2025-code edition via direct HTTP, FindLaw current through 2024-12-30, al.elaws.us) with every load-bearing figure matching (one-month cap and its three exceptions, 60-day return, 90-day forfeiture, double-deposit penalty, two days' entry notice, 30-day/7-day periodic termination notice, seven-business-day cure windows), and the full text of HB 287/Act 2006-316 (the URLTA enactment, with Alabama Comments) read from the state judiciary host macon.alacourt.gov, against which whole-chapter negative checks were run (no late-fee cap, no grace period, no deposit interest, no escrow requirement). Act 2014-279 (SB291, eff. 2014-07-01, 35->60-day and 180->90-day changes) verified via matching credit lines on three mirrors; no official act PDF fetchable. Pending-bill check 2026-07-09: 2026 Regular Session adjourned sine die; only adjacent bill HB80 (eviction writ procedure, passed House 103-0, Senate fate unverifiable) — no bill touching the four topics.