Virginia law sets what a residential lease must contain and what it cannot, from the written agreement and fee itemization to security deposit limits, required disclosures, and prohibited provisions.
Georgia sets no standard list of lease clauses, but it does require written leases over a year, flood and lead-paint disclosures, and protections that cannot be waived.
A plain-language map of North Carolina’s residential renting rules under Chapter 42: leases, security deposits, repairs and habitability, late fees, and the summary ejectment eviction process.
How renting works in Georgia: leases, the landlord’s duty to repair, security deposit escrow and return deadlines, the dispossessory eviction process, and fair housing rules, with links to the statutes.
Pennsylvania requires few specific lease clauses, but security-deposit caps, a 30-day return rule, and federal lead-paint disclosure apply to every tenancy.
Ohio does not require a standard lease form, but state law dictates one required disclosure, voids certain clauses, and sets rules on deposits, repairs, and long-term leases.
What Florida law actually requires a residential lease to contain: written-lease rules, mandatory disclosures, void clauses, and the statutory defaults that apply when a lease is silent.
What California law requires in a written residential lease, from mandatory terms and required disclosures to rent-cap notices and the security deposit limit.
What New York law requires in a residential lease: when a lease must be written, the one-month security deposit cap, capped application and late fees, the non-waivable warranty of habitability, occupancy protections, and the clauses courts refuse to enforce.
Illinois does not dictate a standard lease form, but state and federal law require specific disclosures and forbid certain clauses. Here is what a residential lease must contain and what it cannot.
What a Texas residential lease must contain, the copy-of-lease deadline, and the deposit, repair, and late-fee rules that apply no matter what the lease says.
A plain-language reference to Texas tenant rights under the Property Code: security deposits, late fees, repairs and habitability, lockouts, retaliation, and how an eviction works.