SB 5894 - DIGEST
(AS OF SENATE 2ND READING 2/16/16)

Includes, in the crime of criminal trespass in the first degree, a person who is a tenant by sufferance, or resides at a rental property and is not listed as a tenant on a rental agreement or as a guest, and who refuses to surrender possession of the premises to the owner or vacate the property.

Creates the crime of criminal trespass of a dwelling in foreclosure.

Authorizes an owner or agent of the owner, who has demanded a tenant by sufferance to vacate the owner's property, to request law enforcement to remove the tenant by sufferance as a trespasser.

Requires a law enforcement agency that has found that a tenant or other resident of a dwelling unit is engaged in criminal street gang activity or human trafficking, or has been called to a rental property to investigate criminal street gang activity or human trafficking, to make an attempt to discover the identity of the landlord and notify the landlord of the criminal street gang activity or human trafficking.