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All types of landlord and tenant forms for Commercial or Residential use, including free law summaries. USLF is the only site that offers you high quality State specific forms for all States. Download in Word format for easy use. Review important laws and announcements with our Free Information and FAQ including Massachusetts Landlord Tenant Laws.
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Residential Landlord Tenant Legal Forms Package
» If purchased individually, these forms would total $129.80. For just $49.95, get tremendous savings on forms you will need and use. Forms include the state specific Lease, Lease Application, Reference Check Consent, Pre and Post Inventory Checklist, Lead Paint Disclosure, Welcome Letter, Rent Warning Letter, Rent Termination Notice, Closing Statement and more. Our most popular item.
Residential Supplemental Lease Forms Package
» For Landlords who already have a Lease Agreement form, this Package contains every form listed in the Landlord Tenant Package above, except for the Lease. Only $31.95 for this essential collection of lease-management forms, $111.80 if purchased individually.
Lease Application
» This form is a Lease Application for the Landlord to have the proposed tenant complete and submit to the landlord for the landlord to evaluate. It contains disclosures and an authorization for release of information. See also Sub-Lease Application.
Pre and Post Lease Inventory and Inspection Report
» This is an inventory and condition of leased premises form for pre-lease and post-lease.
Residential Leases - Period to Period
» This is a residential lease form for use in your State. This lease is designed for a specific term such as 1 or more years, 6 months, etc. It contains many provisions,
some of which you may desire to modify depending on your agreement with your tenant. You should use this form as a guide and modify it to suit your needs.
Residential Leases - Month to Month
» This is a residential lease form for use in your State but is designed to be a month to month lease instead of a lease for a specific term. It contains some provisions which you may desire to modify depending on your agreement with your tenant.
You should use this form as a guide and modify it to suit your needs.
Lease Termination
» Lease termination forms are very State specific and must contain the property number of days to vacate, correct the default, etc. We have broken our termination forms down into two categories, residential and non-residential. Review the forms available, as well as the free law summaries connected to each search result, to select the form for your situation.
Lease Termination Forms - Residential
Lease Termination Forms - Non-Residential
Lease Closing Statement
» This is a closing statement where the Landlord records the deposits and credits, less deductions from the credits or security deposit for delivery to the tenant.
Commercial Lease - Select from Several Available.
» This is a Commercial Lease form for the State of Massachusetts. It is for leasing a building
for any use, such as an office. This lease is very detailed. Make changes
to suit your needs and agreement with your lessee.
Lead Paint Disclosure
» This form is the lead-based paint disclosure statement required by Federal Law for homes built prior to 1978. It must be presented to the buyer in a sale transaction. Based on 42 U.S.C. 4852.
Notice of Lease For Recording - Residential or Commercial
» This form is for recording in the official records to provide notice that a lease exists on a certain parcel of real estate. It is used in lieu of recording the entire lease agreement.
Temporary Leases
» This form is a temporary lease between the seller and buyer of a residence prior to closing. It it for the situation where the seller desires to allow the buyer to take possession prior to closing of the contract of sale.
Packages
Residential Tenancies - People purchasing a Residential Lease also purchased the forms listed below. To purchase all the forms as a group, please see the complete package above.
Other Landlord & Tenant Forms
Letters and Notices
Use this section to locate letters and notices commonly used between landlords and tenants.
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Landlord tenant laws vary from State to State. You will find here principles that apply to all States and State specific information applicable only to your State. You should consult an attorney if you have questions.
Landlord tenant laws deal with many areas of the landlord tenant relationship. Generally, some of the areas covered, depending on your State include:
- Requirement that a lease be in writing.
- Rules regarding how a security deposit must be handled.
- Legal duties of the Landlord regardless of the terms of the lease.
- Legal duties of the tenant regardless of the terms of the lease.
- Specific procedural requirements for terminating a lease.
- Specific procedures for evicting a tenant.
- Rent increase procedures.
- How abandoned personal property must be handled.
- Access to the premises by the Landlord.
- Subleasing laws.
- Rent control ordinances.
- Discrimination in renting.
- Terms prohibited in rental agreements or unenforceable.
- Care of the Premises by the tenant.
- Many others.
Some of the areas can be governed or changed by the rental agreement, while others cannot be changed by the agreement. Overall, the landlord tenant relationship is controlled by the 1) lease agreement, 2) State laws, 3) Federal Laws and 4) Local laws.
Termination of the lease agreement and notices between the landlord and tenant must comply with requirements of your State.
Many of the forms available have Law Summaries connected to each form search providing law provisions that govern the requirements of the form.
Basic responsibilities of the landlord and tenant in most States are:
Landlords' ResponsibilitiesTenants' Responsibilities
- Landlords must ensure that the premises are maintained in a decent, safe, sanitary condition.
- Landlords must ensure that each dwelling unit has an adequate heating system and complies with all applicable codes.
- Landlords must allow tenants the full use and enjoyment of the dwelling unit and comply with the rental agreement and the law regarding landlord access to the rental unit.
- Landlords cannot use a lease which takes away any of the tenant's basic rights under the law.
- Before ending the rental agreement, the landlord must give proper notice to the tenant and, in the case of an eviction, follow proper legal procedures.
- Rent must be paid at the time and place agreed upon by both parties under the rental agreement.
- Tenants must keep their dwelling units safe and clean, take care not to cause damage beyond normal wear and tear, and notify the landlord of all problems.
- Tenants and their guests must conduct themselves in a manner that will not disturb other tenants' peaceful enjoyment of the premises.
- Before ending the rental agreement, the tenant must give proper notice to the landlord.
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