Methodology
What "verified" means here
Each state's record is built by reading the governing statutes on the official state legislature's website (or, where a state publishes no stable statute links, the state's official guidance publications — noted per record). The "Verified" date on a page is set only by an actual verification pass against those sources. Editing a page does not move the date; only re-checking the law does.
Citation rules
- Every substantive claim traces to at least one statute citation shown on the page.
- Citations are marked official source (state government) or unofficial mirror (used only where the state provides no stable official link, with official corroborating sources alongside).
- Where a state simply has no statute on a question — common for late fees and entry notice — the page says exactly that instead of inventing a number. "No statutory cap" is a verified fact, not missing data.
- Pending legislation is flagged in a clearly labeled box and never incorporated into the rules until it takes effect.
Current coverage
13 of 50 states are verified (most recent verification pass: 2026-07-08). States are verified in batches, all four topics at once, and the comparison tables mark everything else "verification pending" rather than filling rows with unverified secondhand figures. Change history for the dataset is kept in the project's public data changelog.
Scope limits
- State law only. City and county ordinances (local rent control, local fee caps, local notice rules) are out of scope. States where local ordinances are known to matter carry a prominent "check your municipality" warning.
- Residential tenancies only — no commercial, and manufactured/mobile-home parks only where noted.
- Laws change. Records are re-verified on a quarterly sweep, with extra attention to January (when most state laws take effect) and to figures that reset annually.
Corrections
If you believe a figure is wrong, check the cited statute first — then tell us, citing the statute. Corrections that survive a verification pass are applied and logged.