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Committee sends landlord-tenant code reorganization (SB1043) to floor; removes antiquated 'coverture' reference
Summary
Sen. Ali Rabbe presented Senate Bill 1043, which reorganizes landlord-tenant statutes and removes the last reference to 'coverture' in Idaho code; the Judiciary and Rules Committee voted to send the bill to the floor with a due-pass recommendation.
Sen. Ali Rabbe, sponsor of Senate Bill 1043, told the Judiciary and Rules Committee the measure reorganizes Idaho’s landlord-tenant statutes to make key provisions easier to find and removes the lone remaining statutory reference to ‘‘coverture,’’ a historical legal doctrine dating to the territorial period and English common law.
Rabbe said the state’s landlord-tenant law is…
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