3 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Madison County, Alabama.
Verified from official government sources
Rent control is illegal in unincorporated Madison County. Alabama Code §11-80-8.1 bars every county, city, and town from enacting or enforcing any ordinance that controls the rent charged for private property. Huntsville-area landlords set and raise rent freely.
Ala. Code §11-80-8.1
A local governmental unit shall not enact, maintain, or enforce an ordinance, resolution, or rule that would have the effect of controlling the amount of rent charged for leasing private property.
Alabama has no just-cause eviction rule, and Madison County cannot add one. Under Alabama Code §35-9A-421 a landlord ends a tenancy with a seven-business-day written notice for unpaid rent or a lease breach, then files unlawful detainer.
Ala. Code §35-9A-421
If rent is unpaid when due, the landlord may deliver a written notice to terminate the lease to the tenant specifying the amount of rent and any late fees owed to remedy the breach and that the rental agreement will terminate upon a date not less than seven business days after receipt of the notice.
Unincorporated Madison County has no rental registration. The county runs zoning and building inspection but no landlord registry, so it cannot license, register, or annually inspect residential rentals. A landlord owes no county filing, permit, or fee to rent out a home.
1 cities in Madison County have their own rental property rules rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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