Wednesday, august 2G, 1575
daily nebraskan
page 31
t .-
7fK
vs. ,
Moving in to a new home for the school year is often a
push and pullactivity,
While studying for a test in your off -campus apartment,
you are interrupted by a call from your landlord
He said he "dropped in" to the apartment and reminded
you to clean the pile of dishes that have accumulated in the
sink. ;.
"There ought to be a law" you mutter to your Af as you
return to your books.
There is a law. On July 1 Nebraska's version of the
uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act became
applicable to leases after being adopted by the 1974
Nebraska legislature.
Provisions of the law affect both tenant and landlord
rights and obligations.
Substantive landlord changes include rules about
dwelling standards, entering apartments and lease
provisions.
Landlords are required to comply with dwelling codes in
a community, or if they do not exist, to keep premises in a
safe and habitable condition, provide electrical, plumbing
and sanitary conditions, and running and hot water and
working heating for the dwelling.
If landlords do not comply to these standards, tenants
are entitled to monetary damages if the situation is not
cleared up within 14 days after the landlord is first notified.
The landlord must also give one day's notice before
entering a dwelling except for emergency cases.
Landlords must also return damage deposits within 14
days after the lease is terminated along with written
notation of any money withheld.
fe Worth LbSiiqf
Cvi rtmm CPUUuwi 11 ua lam
8:30-4:30
August 10-2
For the convsnlanc of all students who do not live In the dorms where
private telephones are already Installed, the Lincoln Telephone Company
brings you the Campus Phone Store.
This temporary store Is stocked
with a variety of telephone
styles and is designed to
make phone shopping
fast. Just choose the style
vou want and we will com-
.jii:.
Dl&ia all further arrangements. I L - .,i.,.stiX..
1 --imiiF.KJ'H
im .A P u. -H,? m k
7. II WSKB
.-.XJtTT7 T
Landlords cannot include as lease provisions any clauses
that would waive the tenants rights under the
landlord-tenant act, agreements to pay the landlord
liability for negligence or other "unconscionable"
Tenant obligations are also outlined in the law.
Tenants are required to pay rent without notice at the
first of the month unless otherwise agreed. Landlord relief
measures are provided for in connection with rental
payment. ... ,
Tenants are also required to maintain the premises in a
safe, habitable and healthful condition and to use the
facilities in a reasonable manner.
Tenants must not be absent beyond one full rental
period or 30 days, whichever is less, without giving notice.
Such absence constitutes abandonment. The lease may
require notice for more than seven day's absence. The
provision seeks to relieve the courts of determining what
constitutes abandonment. Now courts may refer to law
rather than deciding case by case.
The landlord-tenant act also establishes action for
landlords and tenants to take when provisions of the law
are broken.. More information about those and other
portions of the law are available from the Student Legal
Services Center, 334 Nebraska Union.
A booklet explaining the law is being planned for early
September distribution by the Nebraska University Public
Interest Research Group (NUPIRG), according to Don
Wesely, president.
VsVtsF' ihfm Bm
i f f f ft i
geooloa eyedo driftore
Men's
mm
id.
Also Ladits'
and Boy's Sizes.
PAIR
1126 N. 27th
2439 S. 48th
2240 N. 48th
Ue da
pi
vo I
OpOfllB
a ' la .a'"'
iiiiiiooiato
go fop
'LJl sj m
iDtaopan
f a
All shifts open
Between
lOlp Ell GUP
aopants.
Flexible Hrs.
Contact Manager-
10ajn.ll a.m.
2 pjn. & 4 p.m.
At one of the following locations-
710 O St.
945 South St. . '
4701 O St.
1650Cornhusker
1316 N St.
1340N.Cotner
1840OSt.
1240 West O St.
Good Pay.
464-3145
432-2878
489-6108
435-8396
435-2929
466-5501
432-4783
432-9624
Kings is an Equal Opportunity Employer
'.-'" Jim 11 i,,u......l . i. .J i j i i '" 'g,3zz-Zi-riuiiir-i )i,n-i it-
