Landlord-Tenant Document Templates

Use when you rent a house, apartment or condo to a tenant for a fixed term and want the rent, deposit, utilities, pet rules and maintenance duties in one signed lease.

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Use when you rent a home with no fixed end date, so the tenancy runs from month to month until the landlord or tenant gives notice to end it.

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Prepare a pay-or-vacate, cure-or-vacate, unconditional, no-cause or holdover notice with a checklist of the state notice rules LeaseCraft has recorded.

State rules checked against official sources: 31 states and D.C. (last checked September 27, 2026)

Use when you plan to raise the rent and need to tell the tenant in writing the current rent, the new rent and the date it takes effect.

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Use when rent is past due, to tell the tenant the amount owed, any late fee under the lease and how and when to pay.

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Use when a tenant will keep a pet, to add the pet's description, any pet fees, pet rules and responsibility for pet damage to the lease.

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Use when you rent a single bedroom in a shared home and want the rent, deposit, house rules and move-out notice for that room in writing.

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Create a lot rental agreement for a manufactured or mobile home: the lot and home, lot rent and itemized fees, park rules, sale in place.

State rules checked against official sources: 31 states (last checked October 21, 2026)

Create a lease with an option to buy the home: rent, option fee, purchase price, rent credits, exercise deadline and closing.

State rules checked against official sources: 12 states (last checked September 29, 2026)

Rent out a home, apartment, cabin, or room for a short stay, covering the dates, guests, house rules, charges, deposit, and cancellation.

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Use when screening a prospective tenant, to collect their contact details, employment, references and written permission to check them.

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Use when a tenant needs a co-signer, so a guarantor agrees in writing to cover the tenant's rent and other lease obligations if the tenant does not.

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Use when you collect a security deposit and want a signed record of the amount, the date it was received and where it is held.

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Use at move-in to record the condition of the rental with the tenant, so both sides have a signed record to compare against at move-out.

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Use when people share a home and want signed rules on quiet hours, guests, cleaning and shared spaces.

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Use when a lease includes a parking space or garage and you want the assigned space, any parking fee, vehicle rules and towing terms added to it.

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Use when you want the lease to say which utilities the tenant pays, which the landlord pays and how utility bills are handled.

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Use when the rental property has security cameras and you want the camera policy, privacy terms and the tenant's duties added to the lease.

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Prepare the federal lead-based paint disclosure for a pre-1978 rental or home sale, with the warning statement and signed acknowledgments.

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Create a smoking or no-smoking lease addendum: a smoke-free property, a designated smoking area, or indoor smoking with smoke-free areas.

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Use when you need to enter a tenant's home for repairs, an inspection or a showing, to tell the tenant in writing the date, time and purpose.

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Use when a tenant needs to report a repair in writing, with the problem, how urgent it is and the landlord's acknowledgment on one form.

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Use whenever a tenant pays rent, to give a signed receipt for the amount, the payment date and method, and the rent period it covers.

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Use when a tenant is breaking a lease rule, to describe the violation, what must be done to correct it and what happens if it is not.

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Use when a tenant seems to have moved out without notice or left belongings behind, to tell them so and explain how to reclaim the unit or property.

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Write a letter that a lease will not be renewed or a month-to-month tenancy will end, with move-out and deposit details.

State rules checked against official sources: 36 states and D.C. (last checked September 27, 2026)

Confirm your lease, amendments, rent paid, deposit, options, defaults and offsets for a buyer or lender with a tenant estoppel certificate.

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Use when a tenant rents all or part of their home to a subtenant for some of the time left on their own lease.

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Use when people sharing a rental want to agree among themselves how rent, utilities and the deposit are split and which house rules apply.

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Hand over a lease to a new tenant, covering release or continuing liability, the deposit, rent proration, and the landlord's consent.

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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.

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Use when a lease is ending and both sides want to continue for a new term, setting out any changes to the rent or other terms for that term.

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Use when the tenant is staying past the current end date and you want to move that date back, with any rent change, without signing a new lease.

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Use when you need to change one term of a signed lease, such as the rent, who lives there, pets or house rules, without rewriting the whole lease.

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Use to give written notice that a tenancy will end, with the move-out date, the notice period and a forwarding address.

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Use when the landlord and tenant both agree to end a lease early and want the termination date, move-out steps and forwarding address in writing.

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Use at move-out to record the condition of the rental, note any damage and list the deductions you plan to take from the deposit.

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Use after a tenancy ends to send the tenant an accounting of the security deposit, any deductions and how the balance will be refunded.

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