Residential Lease Agreements by State

What each state page covers

Every state lease page opens with an at-a-glance table: security deposit cap, return deadline, late-fee limit and grace period, entry notice, month-to-month and rent-increase notice, rent control and the eviction notice for unpaid rent. Each value carries a link to the statute or official source it comes from, plus the date we last checked it.

Below the table you get a checklist of the disclosures that state requires, local-rule warnings where cities add their own requirements, and answers to common questions. MakeLease generates a customizable lease; the state page lists the disclosures and terms to add to it.

49 of 51 jurisdictions are published so far. The rest are still being researched and appear here once every rule is cited. For the rules themselves, see landlord-tenant law by state.