Florida Rental Lease Agreement Forms and Templates | PDF | Word (.doc)
Disclosures
- Lead Based Paint – To be used in all residences built before 1978. Tenant must authorize and is recommended that it is attached to the lease agreement.
Related Forms
Download Florida lease agreements that allow a Tenant to rent any type of property (home, condo, mobile home, trailer, apartment, etc) in exchange for monthly or weekly payments. Typically an owner will require a rental application just to make sure the Tenant can afford the rent and if he or she has a history of paying on time.
- Rental Application – As a tenant looking for a condo, home, trailer, or condo, you may fill this out and make copies to give to landlords and management companies when searching for a place to lease. This will allow a landlord to verify your creditworthiness as well as rental and employment history.
- Standard (1-Year) – A contract that allows a tenant and landlord to make a deal that allows one to pay in order to occupy property for a fixed term. The most common length is twelve (12) months but can be any time-frame as negotiated by the parties.
- Month to Month – A contract that lets a person be able to rent at an ongoing basis otherwise known as “tenancy at will”. There is no end date and as long as the payments are made by the Tenant and the Landlord is keeping up his or her end of the terms and conditions the agreement is valid. Either party may change the terms with a certified letter stating the new terms and this notice must happen with at least thirty (30) days in advance. For terminating a month to month lease the landlord has to only grant fifteen (15) days unless otherwise stated in the agreement
- Sublease Agreement – A sublease in Florida allows a person that is currently renting property to be able to lease the same property to someone else in exchange for payment. Subleasing must be allowed under the original agreement the Tenant has with the Landlord and the rent amount of the new contract can b any amount as negotiated by the two (2) parties.
- Commercial Lease Agreement – A template that is editable in Word version for a basic triple net (NNN) lease that allows a landlord to collect rent for an retail, office, or industrial property located within the State. The tenant may be an individual or entity that will be most likely operating business related activities on a day to day basis while paying a monthly amount for occupying the space.
Landlord-Tenant Laws
- Security Deposit
- Maximum – There is no State cap on how much the landlord may request
- Return – The landlord must give back the deposit within fifteen (15) days or, if there are deductions, the landlord has thirty (30) days to state what they were in addition to returning the monies left over. If the tenant does not agree with the amount returned, he or she may file a dispute within fifteen (15) days.
- Entry – Except for an emergency, the landlord must provide at least twelve (12) hours notice before entering the property.
- Disclosures
- Radon – The landlord must let the tenant be aware of any Radon that exists in the property it has been known to exist.
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