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Roommate Release Agreement

Release one roommate from an existing lease on a set date: move-out, keys, the deposit, final rent, shared bills, and the landlord's conditions. Preview first.

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A landlord, a roommate who is moving out, and the roommate or roommates who are staying use it to release the departing co-tenant from an existing residential lease as of an agreed date, and to settle the move-out, keys and belongings, the security deposit, rent for the final month, shared utility bills, and any conditions the landlord attaches to its consent. It is not a roommate agreement between co-tenants about living together, it is not a lease or a sublease, and it does not add a replacement roommate to the lease, which takes a separate agreement with the landlord.

What it covers

  • Parties
  • The Lease
  • The Release
  • Moving Out
  • Security Deposit
  • Final Rent and Shared Bills
  • Landlord's Consent
  • Additional Terms
  • General Provisions

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It records that the landlord releases one co-tenant from an existing lease as of an agreed release date. From that date the departing roommate owes nothing further under the lease and gives up the right to live there, and the roommate or roommates who stay take on the whole lease, including the full rent. It also settles the move-out, keys, the security deposit, rent for the final month, and shared bills.

No. A roommate agreement is the arrangement between co-tenants about living together, such as splitting rent and chores. This document ends one roommate's part in the lease with the landlord's consent. It is not a lease, a sublease, or a lease amendment adding a new tenant.

That is your choice. In the usual arrangement the departing roommate remains responsible for unpaid rent and for damage caused during their stay, and the agreement says so. You can instead choose a full release, where the landlord looks only to the remaining roommates for those earlier obligations.

You choose one of three arrangements: the landlord keeps the whole deposit on account and the remaining roommate pays the departing roommate their share by a set date; the landlord refunds the departing roommate's share within a set number of days and the remaining roommate or an approved replacement tops the deposit back up; or no deposit is held.

Yes. The landlord can make the release conditional on rent being paid up to the release date, the remaining roommate meeting its income and credit requirements, a replacement roommate being approved, the deposit being topped back up, or a joint move-out inspection. If a condition is not met by the release date, the release does not take effect and the lease continues unchanged unless the landlord waives the condition in writing.

No. If a replacement is expected, the agreement says that person must apply to the landlord and be added by a separate agreement, that the landlord does not promise to approve anyone, and that the remaining roommate carries the full rent until a replacement is added.

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