Alabama's Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act sets no specific notice period or dollar limit for raising rent. A landlord generally cannot raise rent mid-lease, but for month-to-month tenancies the lease terms govern, and there is no rent control anywhere in the state.
Title 35, Chapter 9A contains no provision governing the amount of, or notice for, a rent increase, so this is treated as a matter of contract. During a fixed-term lease the rent is locked unless the lease allows otherwise. For a month-to-month tenancy, custom and most lease forms borrow the 30-day termination notice in Ala. Code § 35-9A-441(b) to change terms. Alabama also bars local rent control: no city or county may cap rent amounts. An increase may not be retaliatory under § 35-9A-501, which protects tenants who complain about code violations.
No specific statutory penalty for the increase itself. A rent hike imposed in retaliation for a tenant's good-faith code complaint can be challenged under Ala. Code § 35-9A-501, entitling the tenant to recover possession or damages.
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