Leases & Rental Agreements
Create a solid, binding lease that complies with your state laws



If you rent out residential real estate, you need documents that are legally valid where your rental property is located—and every state’s rules are different when it comes to landlord-tenant law. Typical form leases simply won’t do the job. This book contains the key legal rental forms you need in your state, including:


  • fixed-term lease
  • month-to-month rental agreement
  • rental application
  • tenant reference and credit check forms
  • move-in and move-out letters, and
  • property inspection checklist.



The 12th edition is completely updated to reflect the latest state landlord-tenant laws and issues such as restricting tenant sublets through short-term rental services. You’ll find the key state‑specific rules you must include in your residential leases and rental agreements, including clauses covering security deposits, entry to rental property, late rent fees, termination notice requirements, and disclosures. All forms are downloadable through a special link in the book.
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Leases & Rental Agreements
Create a solid, binding lease that complies with your state laws



If you rent out residential real estate, you need documents that are legally valid where your rental property is located—and every state’s rules are different when it comes to landlord-tenant law. Typical form leases simply won’t do the job. This book contains the key legal rental forms you need in your state, including:


  • fixed-term lease
  • month-to-month rental agreement
  • rental application
  • tenant reference and credit check forms
  • move-in and move-out letters, and
  • property inspection checklist.



The 12th edition is completely updated to reflect the latest state landlord-tenant laws and issues such as restricting tenant sublets through short-term rental services. You’ll find the key state‑specific rules you must include in your residential leases and rental agreements, including clauses covering security deposits, entry to rental property, late rent fees, termination notice requirements, and disclosures. All forms are downloadable through a special link in the book.
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Overview

Create a solid, binding lease that complies with your state laws



If you rent out residential real estate, you need documents that are legally valid where your rental property is located—and every state’s rules are different when it comes to landlord-tenant law. Typical form leases simply won’t do the job. This book contains the key legal rental forms you need in your state, including:


  • fixed-term lease
  • month-to-month rental agreement
  • rental application
  • tenant reference and credit check forms
  • move-in and move-out letters, and
  • property inspection checklist.



The 12th edition is completely updated to reflect the latest state landlord-tenant laws and issues such as restricting tenant sublets through short-term rental services. You’ll find the key state‑specific rules you must include in your residential leases and rental agreements, including clauses covering security deposits, entry to rental property, late rent fees, termination notice requirements, and disclosures. All forms are downloadable through a special link in the book.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781413324501
Publisher: NOLO
Publication date: 08/30/2017
Edition description: Twelfth Edition
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 8.30(w) x 10.70(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Marcia Stewart writes and edits for Nolo on landlord-tenant law, real estate, and other consumer issues. She is the coauthor of Nolo's Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home, Every Landlord's Legal Guide, First-Time Landlord, Every Tenant's Legal Guide, Leases & Rental Agreements, Renters' Rights, and The Legal Answer Book for Families.

Ralph Warner, a pioneer of the do-it-yourself law movement, co-founded Nolo in 1971. He began publishing do-it-yourself law books after numerous publishers rejected them. Warner holds a law degree from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley and an undergraduate degree from Princeton.

Janet Portman, Nolo’s executive editor specializes in residential and commercial landlord/tenant law. She is the author or coauthor of Every Landlord's Legal Guide, Every Tenant's Legal Guide, Renters' Rights, Leases & Rental Agreements, The California Landlord's Law Book: Rights and Responsibilities, and others. Portman received undergraduate and graduate degrees from Stanford University and a law degree from Santa Clara University. Before joining Nolo in 1994, she practiced law as a public defender.

Table of Contents

Your Lease and Rental Documents Companion

Chapter 1 Preparing a Lease or Rental Agreement

Chapter 2 Choosing Tenants: Your Most Important Decision

Chapter 3 Getting the Tenant Moved In

Chapter 4 Changing or Ending a Tenancy

Appendixes

A State Landlord-Tenant Law Charts

B How to Use the Interactive Forms on the Nolo Website

C Tear-Out Landlord Rental Forms

Index

Interviews

Every landlord should be buying Every Landlord’s Legal Guide, our big and expensive book that includes a lease and seventeen additional chapters on everything from discrimination to terminating a tenancy. But not every landlord will buy it! For those who want just a lease and that’s all, thank you very much, this little book is for them. The alternative is a stationery-store form that is guaranteed to not comply with your state’s law, setting the stage for legal problems down the road. Start things right with a legal lease.

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