38-12-1303. Cause for eviction required - no-fault evictions. (1) A landlord
shall not serve a notice to terminate tenancy or a demand for possession or
otherwise proceed with an action for unlawful detainer pursuant to article 40 of
title 13 unless there is cause for the eviction.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section, cause exists only as
described in the following sections:
(a) Section 13-40-104 (1)(a) for when entry is made without right or title into
any vacant or unoccupied lands or tenements;
(b) Section 13-40-104 (1)(b) for when entry is made wrongfully into certain
public lands, tenements, mining claims, or other possessions;
(c) Section 13-40-104 (1)(c) for when a lessee or tenant at will, or at
sufferance, of any nonresidential real property or residential premises described in
section 38-12-1302 (1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(d), (1)(e), or (1)(f) holds over and continues in
possession of the property or premises, or any portion of the property or premises,
after the expiration of the term for which the property or premises was leased or
after the tenancy, at will or at sufferance, has been terminated by either party;
(d) Section 13-40-104 (1)(d) for nonpayment of rent;
(e) Section 13-40-104 (1)(d.5) for a substantial violation, as described in
section 13-40-107.5;
(f) Section 13-40-104 (1)(e) for a material violation of the lease or rental
agreement;
(g) Section 13-40-104 (1)(e.5) for a repeat violation after receipt of proper
notice of a violation;
(h) Section 13-40-104 (1)(e.8) and subsection (3) of this section concerning
no-fault evictions;
(i) Section 13-40-104 (1)(f) for possession after a legal sale;