Holdover Tenancy Act (P.L. 10-67).
An Act to provide a summary procedure for eviction of a holdover tenant or lessee and for granting of immediate possession of the property to the lessor or landlord; and for other purposes.
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This Act makes provision for more efficient procedures regarding eviction proceedings in respect of lessees of real property.In the Northern Mariana Islands leasehold transactions regarding real property are very common because of government policy restricting outright sale of property. This Act corrects procedural and other requirements regarding eviction of tenants so as to simplify eviction procedures. The Act defines causes for the removal of tenants and provides rules for the termination of a leasehold agreement. The Act also provides rules relative to summary possession proceedings.
