What does Lawsmith draft for a lease amendment?

Specific changes to a residential or commercial lease. You start from the matter's documents, describe it in your own words, or answer plain intake questions, and the draft comes back as an editable Word document for your review.

Where do the citations come from?

From the statutes, court rules, regulations and forms Lawsmith has saved from each state's government publishers, with the date each text was read and a label saying whether it is the official text. Before writing, the drafter must quote the saved text behind each citation; a citation with no checked quotation reaches you marked for verification.

Is it reviewed by an attorney?

No. Every draft is a first draft for a licensed attorney's review before it is signed, filed or sent. Each citation in it quotes the text Lawsmith has on file or is marked for verification.

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Lease Amendment for attorneys in 13 states, drafted from published statutes

What you get

An editable Word document, drafted from your answers and the state's published law.
A proof of sources: every citation in the draft with the words it quotes, the source and whether it is the official text, the date the text was saved and its fingerprint.
Notes for counsel listing each point marked [VERIFY], each blank and each choice left for the client.

What the intake asks

Plain questions, in the order an attorney would take the facts. Anything left blank stays a marked blank in the draft; nothing is invented to fill it.

The existing lease

Residential or commercial
Your client's role
Landlord, tenants and signers
Property and local jurisdiction
Lease and prior amendments
Complete operative lease text
Local rules and special tenancy status
and 1 more

The changes

Exact provisions and changes
Consideration and amendment procedure
Deposits, guarantors and required approvals
Existing obligations and claims

Signing

How will the parties sign
Other instructions or open decisions

Where it is offered

Every state Lawsmith has sources for:

California Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Maryland Massachusetts New Jersey New York Ohio Pennsylvania Texas Virginia

Sources on file

The drafter works from the texts Lawsmith has saved for this document in the state you choose, plus federal law where it applies. Each is read from its government publisher and dated, and labelled official only where the state designates that text official.

State	Sources for this document
California	76
Connecticut	59
Delaware	65
District of Columbia	76
Florida	67
Maryland	78
Massachusetts	64
New Jersey	112
New York	97
Ohio	60
Pennsylvania	52
Texas	83
Virginia	90

Among them, for New Jersey:

N.J.S.A. 46:8-19 Security deposits; investment, deposit, disposition
N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1 Return of deposit; displaced tenant; termination of lease; civil penalties, certain.
N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.2 Limitation on amount of deposit
N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1 Grounds for removal of tenants.
N.J.S.A. 2A:42-6.1 Grace period for payment of rent

The law on file, state by state

What the drafter reads for this document in each state, from the publisher's own pages. A listed text is on file; whether it governs your matter is your call. The collection does not establish complete legal coverage.

California

Cal. Civ. Code § 1946.2. Just cause required for termination of a residential tenancy statute
THE TENANT PROTECTION ACT. After a tenant has occupied a residential unit for 12 months, a landlord may terminate only for JUST CAUSE, stated in the notice, with a cure opportunity for curable breaches and RELOCATION…
Cal. Civ. Code § 1946.1. Termination of a periodic tenancy; notice statute
An owner ending a California residential periodic tenancy must give at least 60 DAYS' written notice, and 30 days where occupancy is under one year or on a qualifying sale to a natural-person buyer who will reside…
Cal. Civ. Code § 1950.5. Security deposits; residential property statute
CALIFORNIA'S SECURITY DEPOSIT RULES, and they changed recently: since July 2024 the cap is generally ONE MONTH'S RENT whether or not the unit is furnished, with a narrow small-landlord exception.
Cal. Civ. Code § 1549: Contract formation, interpretation and remedies statute
Contract formation, interpretation and remedies text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Cal. Civ. Code § 1550: Contract formation, interpretation and remedies statute
Contract formation, interpretation and remedies text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Cal. Civ. Code § 1556: Contract formation, interpretation and remedies statute
Contract formation, interpretation and remedies text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Cal. Civ. Code § 1565: Contract formation, interpretation and remedies statute
Contract formation, interpretation and remedies text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Cal. Civ. Code § 1584: Contract formation, interpretation and remedies statute
Contract formation, interpretation and remedies text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Cal. Civ. Code § 1605: Contract formation, interpretation and remedies statute
Contract formation, interpretation and remedies text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Cal. Civ. Code § 1636: Contract formation, interpretation and remedies statute
Contract formation, interpretation and remedies text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.

Connecticut

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-408. Agreements to arbitrate. An agreement in any written contract, or in a separate writing executed by the parties to any written contract, to settle by arbitration any controversy thereafter arising out of such contract, or out of the failure or refusal to perform the whole or any part thereof, or a written provision in the articles of a statute
Arbitration agreements text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 1-272. Legal recognition of electronic records, electronic signatures and electronic contracts. statute
Electronic transactions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-42. Eviction of tenant and occupants from residential property statute
How a residential eviction is actually executed, including removal and the handling of unclaimed possessions. The step landlords most often get wrong after winning.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-409. Stay of proceedings in court. If any action for legal or equitable relief or other proceeding is brought by any party to a written agreement to arbitrate, the court in which the action or proceeding is pending, upon being satisfied that any issue involved in the action or proceeding is referable to arbitration under the agreement, shal statute
Stay pending arbitration text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 1-270. Use of electronic records and electronic signatures. Variation by agreement. statute
Electronic transactions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-41. Waiver of tenant's rights to be void statute
A lease or rental agreement provision by which a tenant WAIVES THE BENEFITS OF SECTIONS 47a-36 TO 47a-40, INCLUSIVE, or that limits a tenant's rights under those sections, is VOID against public policy.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 1-269. Prospective application. Sections 1-266 to 1-286, inclusive, apply to any electronic record or electronic signature created, generated, sent, communicated, received or stored on or after October 1, 2002. statute
Electronic transactions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 1-275. Effect of change or error. If a change or error in an electronic record occurs in a transmission between parties to a transaction, the following rules apply: statute
Electronic transactions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 1-276. Notarization and acknowledgment. If a law requires a signature or record to be notarized, acknowledged, verified or made under oath, the requirement is satisfied if the electronic signature of the person authorized to perform such acts, together with all other information required to be included by other applicable law, is attached to o statute
Electronic transactions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 1-278. Admissibility in evidence. In a proceeding, evidence of a record or signature may not be excluded solely because such record or signature is in electronic form. statute
Electronic transactions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.

Delaware

25 Del. C. § 5108. Automatic extension where parties fail to terminate statute
A rental agreement extends automatically where neither party gives the required notice, generally on a month-to-month basis. Tell a landlord that silence renews the tenancy.
6 Del. C. § 12A-107. Legal recognition of electronic records, electronic signatures, and electronic contracts. statute
Electronic transactions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
25 Del. C. § 5306. Tenant's remedies relating to the rental unit; termination statute
A condition depriving the tenant of a substantial part of the bargain: WRITTEN NOTICE PLUS 15 DAYS FOR THE LANDLORD TO REMEDY, then the tenant may terminate.
6 Del. C. § 12A-105. Use of electronic records and electronic signatures; variation by agreement. statute
Electronic transactions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
10 Del. C. § 5701. Effect of arbitration agreement. statute
Arbitration agreements and procedure text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
10 Del. C. § 5703. Proceedings to compel or enjoin arbitration; notice of intention to arbitrate. statute
Arbitration agreements and procedure text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
25 Del. C. § 5106. Rental agreement; term and termination statute
How a rental agreement's term runs and how it is terminated, including the notice periods. A defective notice defeats a Delaware eviction; follow the section rather than a generic template.
25 Del. C. § 5117. Remedies for violation of the rental agreement or the Code statute
The remedies available to each side for breach of the agreement or the Code. The menu when drafting a demand or a defence.
25 Del. C. § 5118. Summary of residential landlord-tenant code statute
The landlord must give the tenant the official SUMMARY of the Code, and failure to do so has consequences the section states. This is a delivery obligation at the start of the tenancy;
25 Del. C. § 5301. Landlord obligation; rental agreement statute
The landlord's core obligations under the rental agreement. The baseline a Delaware residential lease is written against.

District of Columbia

D.C. Code § 28–4906. Legal recognition of electronic records, electronic signatures, and electronic contracts. statute
Electronic transactions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
D.C. Code § 42-3505.07 Notice of lease termination by tenant who is a victim of an intrafamily offense statute
A tenant victim, or a minor victim's parent or guardian, of an intrafamily offense under § 16-1001(8) IS RELEASED FROM THE LEASE on giving the housing provider written notice plus either a § 16-1005 order or…
D.C. Code § 42-3505.54 Notice of tenant's intent to vacate after the expiration of the signed lease term, renewal or extension term statute
Limits how much notice a housing provider may require from a tenant vacating after the lease term ends. A landlord-side lease that demands 60 days may exceed what this section allows.
D.C. Code § 28–4904. Use of electronic records and electronic signatures; variation by agreement. statute
Electronic transactions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
D.C. Code § 42-3404.01a: TOPA scope and notice statute
D.C. Code § 42-3404.02b: TOPA scope and notice statute
D.C. Code § 42-3404.03a: TOPA scope and notice statute
D.C. Code § 16–4406. Validity of agreement to arbitrate. statute
Arbitration agreements and procedure text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
D.C. Code § 16–4407. Motion to compel or stay arbitration. statute
Arbitration agreements and procedure text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
D.C. Code § 16–4408. Provisional remedies. statute
Arbitration agreements and procedure text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.

Florida

Fla. Stat. § 83.57. Termination of tenancy without specific term statute
The notice periods for ending a tenancy with no fixed term, by rental period. Get the period right; it is the most common Florida eviction defect.
Fla. Stat. § 83.575. Termination of tenancy with specific duration statute
Fixed-term agreements may require reciprocal end-term notice of 30 to 60 days. Landlord notices use the manner prescribed in 83.56(4).
Fla. Stat. § 83.595. Choice of remedies upon breach or early termination by tenant statute
The landlord's remedies when a tenant breaches or leaves early, including the liquidated damages or early termination fee option the section permits IF the lease contains the required provision in the statutory form.
Fla. Stat. § 682.01: Arbitration agreements and procedure statute
Arbitration agreements and procedure text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Fla. Stat. § 682.02: Arbitration agreements and procedure statute
Arbitration agreements and procedure text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Fla. Stat. § 682.03: Arbitration agreements and procedure statute
Arbitration agreements and procedure text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Fla. Stat. § 682.04: Arbitration agreements and procedure statute
Arbitration agreements and procedure text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Fla. Stat. § 682.05: Arbitration agreements and procedure statute
Arbitration agreements and procedure text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Fla. Stat. § 682.06: Arbitration agreements and procedure statute
Arbitration agreements and procedure text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Fla. Stat. § 682.07: Arbitration agreements and procedure statute
Arbitration agreements and procedure text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.

Maryland

Md. Code, Real Property § 8-210 Written lease requirements; notice of rights statute
Requires the landlord of residential rental property to include specified provisions in a written lease, including the statement of the tenant's rights and the landlord's obligations, and provides for a penalty where…
Md. Code, Commercial Law § 12-102: Interest and scope of credit rules statute
Interest and scope of credit rules text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Md. Code, Commercial Law § 12-103: Interest and scope of credit rules statute
Interest and scope of credit rules text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Md. Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings § 3-206: Arbitration scope and procedure statute
Arbitration scope and procedure text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Md. Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings § 3-207: Arbitration scope and procedure statute
Arbitration scope and procedure text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Md. Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings § 3-208: Arbitration scope and procedure statute
Arbitration scope and procedure text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Md. Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings § 3-209: Arbitration scope and procedure statute
Arbitration scope and procedure text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Md. Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings § 3-210: Arbitration scope and procedure statute
Arbitration scope and procedure text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Md. Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings § 3-211: Arbitration scope and procedure statute
Arbitration scope and procedure text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Md. Code, Real Property § 8-118 Attorney's fees in landlord-tenant actions statute
Limits and conditions an award of attorney's fees in a Maryland landlord-tenant action. A one-sided fee-shifting clause in a Maryland lease should be checked against it.

Massachusetts

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 110G, § 7: Electronic signature; enforceability; satisfaction of legal requirements statute
Electronic transactions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 110G, § 5: Transactions governed by chapter; consent of parties; waiver statute
Electronic transactions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 15. Non-liability of landlord; provisions in lease void statute
A residential lease provision purporting to relieve the landlord from liability for negligence is VOID. Do not draft one.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 15A. Waiver of notices; lease provisions void statute
A lease provision waiving the tenant's right to statutory notices is void. Massachusetts residential leases cannot contract around the notice regime.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 110G, § 4: Electronic records or electronic signatures governed by chapter statute
Electronic transactions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 11. Determination of lease for nonpayment of rent statute
How a lease is terminated for non-payment of rent, including the tenant's statutory right to cure by paying within the period the section allows. The cure right is what a landlord most often overlooks.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 13. Recovery of possession after termination of tenancy at will statute
Recovering possession after a tenancy at will has been terminated. The step after the section 12 notice.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 15F. Residential leases restricting litigation or landlord liability statute
Lease provisions restricting a tenant's right to litigate or limiting landlord liability are void as the section provides. Another clause family to keep out of a Massachusetts lease.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 107, § 3: Rate of interest statute
Interest text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement. This source alone does not establish enforceability or complete coverage.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 110G, § 11: Fulfillment of notarization, acknowledgement, verification, or oath requirements statute
Electronic transactions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.

New Jersey

N.J.S.A. 46:8-9.7 Effective date of lease termination, conditions affecting co-tenants. statute
A domestic-violence termination under 46:8-9.6 takes effect on the thirtieth day after the landlord receives a complying notice unless the parties agree on an earlier date, with rent paid pro rata to termination;
N.J.S.A. 12A:12-3 Applicability of act to electronic records, signatures; exceptions. statute
Electronic transactions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.2 Removal of residential tenants; required notice; contents; service statute
Before any judgment of possession under the Anti-Eviction Act, except nonpayment of rent under subsection a.
N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.4 Waiver of rights by provision in lease; unenforceability statute
For tenants covered by section 2 of the Anti-Eviction Act, a lease provision permitting termination or nonrenewal without statutory good cause, or waiving other rights under the Act, is against public policy and…
N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1 Return of deposit; displaced tenant; termination of lease; civil penalties, certain. statute
Within 30 days after the tenancy or license ends the landlord must return the deposit plus the tenant's portion of interest or earnings, less charges permitted by the lease, by personal delivery or registered or…
N.J.S.A. 46:8-9.6 Requirements for termination of lease (domestic violence victims) statute
Lets a tenant who is a victim of domestic violence, or whose child is, terminate the lease on 30 days' written notice with specified documentation, and limits liability to rent through the termination date.
N.J.S.A. 10:5-12.8 Certain provisions in employment contract, settlement agreement deemed against public policy and unenforceable. statute
Required settlement notice text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
N.J.S.A. 12A:12-10. Rules applicable to changes, errors in electronic records statute
Electronic transactions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
N.J.S.A. 12A:12-11. Notarized signatures or records statute
Electronic transactions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
N.J.S.A. 12A:12-13. Admissibility of electronic records, signatures statute
Electronic transactions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.

New York

N.Y. Real Property Law § 226-c Notice of rent increase or non-renewal of residential lease statute
Before raising the rent by more than 5% or refusing to renew a residential lease, the landlord must give written notice of 30, 60 or 90 days depending on how long the tenant has occupied the unit or the length of the…
N.Y. General Obligations Law § 15-301: When written agreement or other instrument cannot be changed by oral executory agreement, or discharged or terminated by oral executory a... statute
Contract writings, modification and scope restrictions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
N.Y. General Obligations Law § 15-303: Release in writing without consideration or seal statute
Contract writings, modification and scope restrictions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
N.Y. General Obligations Law § 5-327: Consumers' right to recover attorney's fees in actions arising out of consumer contracts statute
Lease terms and nonwaivable protections text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
N.Y. General Obligations Law § 5-903: Automatic renewal provision of contract for service, maintenance or repair unenforceable by contractor unless notice thereof given to rec... statute
Contract writings, modification and scope restrictions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
N.Y. Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law § 711 Grounds where landlord-tenant relationship exists statute
Lists the grounds for a summary proceeding and requires a written 14-day demand for rent before a nonpayment proceeding. A New York lease's default clause cannot substitute a shorter demand.
N.Y. Real Property Law § 232-a Notice to terminate monthly tenancy in New York City statute
Sets the notice required to terminate a monthly tenancy in New York City. Read it together with § 226-c, which now supplies the longer occupancy-based periods.
N.Y. Real Property Law § 234: Right to recover attorneys' fees in actions or summary proceedings arising out of leases of residential property statute
Lease renewal, notices and scope protections text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
N.Y. State Technology Law § 309: Use of electronic records and signatures to be voluntary statute
Electronic signatures and records text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
N.Y. Attorney General, Residential Tenants' Rights Guide guidance
The Attorney General's plain-language statement of tenant rights under New York law, covering leases, security deposits, the warranty of habitability, rent regulation, evictions and retaliation.

Ohio

Ohio Rev. Code § 1306.06: Electronic record or signature satisfies legal requirements. statute
Electronic transactions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5321.06. Terms and conditions of rental agreement statute
What a rental agreement may include, subject to the chapter. Read with section 5321.13 before drafting anything unusual.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1306.11: Requirement that record be retained - original records. statute
Electronic transactions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1306.13: Automated transaction - contracts - terms. statute
Electronic transactions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2711.03: Enforcing arbitration agreement. statute
Arbitration agreements and procedure text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5321.15. Acts of landlord prohibited if residential property involved statute
SELF-HELP IS PROHIBITED. An Ohio landlord may not exclude the tenant by changing locks, may not seize the tenant's property for rent, and may not shut off utilities, with damages available to the tenant.
Ohio Rev. Code 5321.18. Written rental agreement provisions statute
Ohio Rev. Code § 1306.01: Definitions. statute
Electronic transactions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1306.02: Scope of chapter - exceptions. statute
Electronic transactions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1306.04: Applicability - agreements. statute
Electronic transactions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.

Pennsylvania

42 Pa.C.S. § 2503. Right of participants to receive counsel fees. statute
42 Pa.C.S. § 7321.11. Consolidation of separate arbitration proceedings. statute
Arbitration agreements and procedure text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
42 Pa.C.S. § 7321.5. Effect of agreement to arbitrate; nonwaivable provisions. statute
Arbitration agreements and procedure text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
68 Pa.C.S. § 3305. Termination of contracts and leases of declarant statute
A contract or LEASE entered into by the declarant before the unit owners elect their own executive board may be terminated without penalty on the notice the section requires.
42 Pa.C.S. § 7302. Scope of subchapter. statute
Arbitration scope text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
42 Pa.C.S. § 7303. Validity of agreement to arbitrate. statute
Arbitration agreements text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
42 Pa.C.S. § 7304. Court proceedings to compel or stay arbitration. statute
Compelling arbitration text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
42 Pa.C.S. § 7321.10. Initiation of arbitration. statute
Arbitration agreements and procedure text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
42 Pa.C.S. § 7321.2. Definitions. statute
Arbitration agreements and procedure text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
42 Pa.C.S. § 7321.3. Notice. statute
Arbitration agreements and procedure text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.

Texas

Tex. Prop. Code § 92.056. Landlord liability and tenant remedies; notice and time for repair statute
The tenant's remedies where a landlord fails to repair after proper notice, including termination, repair and deduct, and damages. Advise a landlord on the condition of the property before advising on rent.
Tex. Fin. Code § 302.002: Interest without an agreed rate statute
Interest without an agreed rate text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Tex. Prop. Code § 24.005. Notice to vacate prior to filing eviction suit statute
THE NOTICE TO VACATE is the prerequisite to a Texas eviction: generally at least THREE DAYS unless the lease provides otherwise, delivered as the section allows. A defective notice defeats the suit;
Tex. Prop. Code § 92.008. Interruption of utilities, removal of property, and exclusion of a residential tenant statute
SELF-HELP IS TIGHTLY LIMITED. A Texas landlord generally may not interrupt utilities, remove doors or windows or the tenant's property, or lock the tenant out except on the narrow statutory conditions, and the tenant…
Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 15.51: Noncompete procedure and remedies statute
Noncompete procedure and remedies text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 171.001: Arbitration agreements and procedure statute
Arbitration agreements and procedure text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 171.002: Arbitration agreements and procedure statute
Arbitration agreements and procedure text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 171.003: Arbitration agreements and procedure statute
Arbitration agreements and procedure text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 38.002: Conditions for attorney fees statute
Conditions for attorney fees text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Tex. Prop. Code § 92.006. Waiver or expansion of duties and remedies statute
Which chapter 92 duties may be waived and which may not. Check before drafting any clause that shifts a statutory duty; several cannot be waived at all.

Virginia

Va. Code § 55.1-1225 Tenancy at will; effect of notice of change of terms or provisions of tenancy statute
A notice by either party changing any term of a tenancy at will is itself a notice to vacate, given in accordance with the rental agreement or as otherwise required by law.
Virginia Code § 55.1-1204. Terms and conditions of rental agreement; payment of rent; copy of rental agreement for tenant statute
All publisher versions are preserved with their effective-date headings. Determine the operative version and transition conditions for the matter; do not treat future amendments as present law.
Virginia Code § 55.1-1410. Notice to terminate a tenancy in nonresidential rental property; notice of change in use of multifamily residential building. statute
Nonresidential lease scope, term, rent and assignments text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Virginia Code § 59.1-485. Legal recognition of electronic records, electronic signatures, and electronic contracts. statute
Electronic transactions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Va. Code § 55.1-1229 Access; consent; correction of nonemergency conditions; relocation of tenant; security systems statute
Virginia entry rule: the TENANT SHALL NOT UNREASONABLY WITHHOLD CONSENT to entry to inspect, repair, service or show the unit.
Virginia Code § 55.1-1400. Applicability; right to terminate tenant. statute
Nonresidential lease scope, term, rent and assignments text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Virginia Code § 59.1-483. Use of electronic records and electronic signatures; variation by agreement. statute
Electronic transactions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Virginia DHCD, Statement of Tenant Rights and Responsibilities under the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (2026) official form
The statement the Department of Housing and Community Development is required to develop and publish, which § 55.1-1204(B) obliges a landlord to provide with every written rental agreement, together with the DHCD…
Va. Code § 55.1-1219 Required disclosures for property previously used to manufacture methamphetamine; remedy for nondisclosure statute
Requires written disclosure where the landlord has actual knowledge the property was used to manufacture methamphetamine and has not been cleaned to the Board of Health's standard, with a termination remedy for…
Va. Code § 55.1-1235 Early termination of rental agreement by military personnel statute
Lets a servicemember or National Guard member on full-time or technician duty terminate on written notice to the landlord: PCS orders, temporary duty over three months, discharge or release, government quarters, or a…

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