Rentari state-specific lease agreements

What goes into your lease

Rentari uses the rental location and your saved answers to prepare a residential lease draft. Check the full address, unit and state before building the agreement. Read the completed draft and any local requirements before sending it for signature.

• Lease Specifics: rental address, unit, start and end dates, and tenancy type.
• Rent, Deposit & Fees: rent, due date, deposits, prorated first-month rent, pet charges, permitted one-time fees and payment terms.
• People on the Lease: tenants, other occupants, co-signers, additional signers and contact details.
• Pets, Smoking & Other: pet and smoking rules, renters insurance, parking and early termination terms.
• Utilities, Maintenance & Keys: responsibilities for services, upkeep and access.
• Provisions & Attachments: location-specific questions, available addenda, additional provisions and attachment names.

Save the rental details

Start from the lease profile for the rental. Check its full street address, unit and state in Lease Specifics. Choose the tenancy type, dates and what should happen at the end of a fixed term. Review the notice address and any location options shown. Save the section before continuing.

Set rent, deposits and responsibilities

In Rent, Deposit & Fees, enter the rent, due date, deposit, permitted charges and payment terms. Review any state guidance displayed beside the fields. Add the people who will sign or occupy the rental, then save pet, smoking, utility, maintenance and key responsibilities in their sections.

Follow Build a lease agreement for the complete workflow.

Customize the agreement

Enter house rules and property terms under Additional provisions in Provisions & Attachments. Save the section and read the preview. Your wording must work with the rest of the agreement and applicable law; adding a provision does not make a prohibited term enforceable.

See Customize a lease agreement. For a change after signing, use a lease addendum and review who needs to sign.

Disclosures and supporting files

Answer the disclosure questions shown for your rental. Review the draft for the disclosures and addenda it actually includes. Some requirements depend on the building, tenancy or locality, so a state-specific draft still needs review.

Typing an attachment name does not upload its file. Use the attachment workflow from the lease Summary and check the prepared package before sending. See Add supporting files to a lease.

State-specific lease agreements

Choose the state where the rental is located. All 50 state guides and D.C. include required disclosures, deposits, rent and fees, access, repairs, lease violations, termination, renewal guidance, FAQs and links to the reviewed statutes. City and county links open the local checklist within the state guide.

• Alabama lease agreement
• Alaska lease agreement
• Arizona lease agreement
• Arkansas lease agreement
• California lease agreement
• Colorado lease agreement
• Connecticut lease agreement
• Delaware lease agreement
• Florida lease agreement
• Georgia lease agreement
• Hawaii lease agreement
• Idaho lease agreement
• Illinois lease agreement
  • Cook County
  • Chicago
• Indiana lease agreement
• Iowa lease agreement
• Kansas lease agreement
• Kentucky lease agreement
• Louisiana lease agreement
• Maine lease agreement
• Maryland lease agreement
  • Baltimore City
  • Montgomery County
• Massachusetts lease agreement
• Michigan lease agreement
• Minnesota lease agreement
• Mississippi lease agreement
• Missouri lease agreement
• Montana lease agreement
• Nebraska lease agreement
• Nevada lease agreement
• New Hampshire lease agreement
• New Jersey lease agreement
• New Mexico lease agreement
• New York lease agreement
  • New York City
• North Carolina lease agreement
• North Dakota lease agreement
• Ohio lease agreement
• Oklahoma lease agreement
• Oregon lease agreement
• Pennsylvania lease agreement
• Rhode Island lease agreement
• South Carolina lease agreement
• South Dakota lease agreement
• Tennessee lease agreement
• Texas lease agreement
• Utah lease agreement
• Vermont lease agreement
  • Burlington
  • Barre City
• Virginia lease agreement
• Washington lease agreement
  • Seattle
  • Tacoma
• Washington, D.C. lease agreement
• West Virginia lease agreement
• Wisconsin lease agreement
• Wyoming lease agreement

City and county requirements

City and county requirements can add forms, deposit rules, licensing and notice duties. Use the links under Illinois, Maryland, New York, Vermont and Washington for the named local checklists. Verify the rental location in the builder, review the generated agreement, and add any applicable documents that are missing. A local guide does not mean every local rule is automatically built into the agreement.

Check the rules behind each proposed term

A state label identifies a starting point. Review the actual address, city, property type, tenancy and any housing program before relying on a carried-over clause. Use the state and local guide links above, then check current official sources and record any missing requirement for qualified review. A summary table or a blank field does not establish that no restriction exists.

• Money and disclosures: check required disclosures, deposit handling and return, rent-increase requirements, permitted charges and any late-fee waiting period.
• Access and repairs: check entry reasons, notice and emergency rules, repair and habitability duties, and any legally protected remedies. Do not add a blanket rent-withholding or repair-rights waiver.
• Ending or changing the tenancy: review renewal, termination grounds, notice and delivery requirements, protected early-termination rights and the effect of any proposed amendment.

When adapting a generic form or using an agreement from another rental, check every term and attachment against this tenancy. Obtain qualified local review of missing disclosures, uncertain clauses or conflicting attachments before signature preparation. A software change does not amend a signed agreement or serve a later tenancy notice. Use the clause source log to keep the authority and unresolved question together.

Keep federal requirements in the review

State and city review does not replace federal requirements. For covered older housing, EPA's lead-disclosure guidance requires the applicable information before the renter signs, including known lead information, available records, the pamphlet and disclosure statement. Check the listed exceptions for the actual property rather than assuming every older rental has the same requirements.

Review fair-housing and accommodation duties separately from ordinary house rules. For military-related departure, consult DOJ's SCRA housing guidance for qualifying residential lease-termination protections and required notice/documentation; a general early-departure clause does not decide those rights. Complete the existing preview and signature-preparation steps only after resolving the applicable review.

Preview the completed agreement

Save each section and review the completion checklist. Choose Review & generate to review the draft, check its terms and included addenda, and finish generating the document. Review the actual generated agreement before preparing signatures. Correct missing information while the agreement is still unsigned.

For a fixed term, confirm the end date and renewal clause. For month-to-month, review the applicable notice periods. A room rental uses the state lease with the room identified as a unit and the relevant house rules; review any additional local requirements.

Standard lease guide, month-to-month lease guide, and room rental guide.

Prepare, sign and keep your lease

• Create and review a new agreement
• Send a generated lease for signature
• Download or print your lease
• Use your own agreement for e-signature
• Review an agreement with the AI lease audit
• Explore landlord-tenant laws by state

Review before use

Rentari provides general information and document preparation tools, not legal advice. A draft, generated document or AI audit does not guarantee legal compliance. Have a lawyer licensed in the rental jurisdiction review unusual terms, local requirements or a disputed tenancy.