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Indiana residential lease agreement

Answer the questions, download the lease. Free, no account, and it holds your figures to what Indiana allows.

What Indiana law does to your lease

We have not yet read Indiana's landlord-tenant act clause by clause, so this page does not tell you what it says. The builder still writes you a complete lease: the body is a residential tenancy agreement that holds anywhere, and where Indiana might cap a figure it asks you to check rather than asserting a number we have not sourced. Nevada is the state we have done this for in full, and the others follow as the rollout reaches them.

The clause most landlords get wrong

Rent stated as a base figure with mandatory fees bolted on beside it. If a fee is not optional, it is rent, and several states now say so outright: the lease has to carry one total figure that the landlord may not charge above. The builder asks for the total and then asks how much of it is fees, which is the same information in the order the law wants it.

The second is the assistance animal. A no-pets clause that does not carve one out is a fair-housing problem, not a pet problem, and no pet rent or pet deposit may be charged for one. Your lease says so whether or not you allow pets.

After it is signed

Download the PDF and it is yours, account or not. If you want the tenant to sign it without printing anything, a free Kouzr account sends it for signature, files the executed copy against the tenancy, and keeps it beside the listing, the rent record and the deposit accounting, so the paperwork for that home is in one place when the tenancy ends.

Is this Indiana lease legally binding?

A written lease signed by the landlord and every adult tenant is a contract, and this one is built to say what Indiana requires a residential lease to say. What it is not is legal advice, and no lawyer has reviewed it. It is a form you complete yourself, the same category as the fill-in-the-blank lease sold in an office supply shop, and it is worth having a lawyer in your state read it before you rely on it, especially on a property you will hold for years.

How much can a landlord charge as a security deposit in Indiana?

We have not sourced a deposit cap for Indiana from the statute yet, so the builder does not assert one. Many states cap the deposit at one or two months' rent, and a few set no limit at all. Check your state's landlord-tenant act before you take more than one month.

Can a landlord charge a late fee in Indiana?

We have not sourced a late fee rule for Indiana. Several states set a grace period, a percentage ceiling, or both, and a fee a court finds punitive rather than compensatory is unenforceable in every state. Keep it to a reasonable estimate of what a late payment actually costs you.

How much notice does a landlord have to give before entering in Indiana?

We have not sourced an entry-notice rule for Indiana. Twenty-four hours is the most common requirement in the states that set one, and it is what the builder uses as a default, but confirm your state's before you rely on it. Emergencies need no notice anywhere.

Do I have to include a lead-based paint disclosure?

Only if the home was built before 1978, and then yes, everywhere in the country. Federal law requires the landlord to disclose known lead-based paint, hand over any report they have, and give the tenant the EPA pamphlet before the tenant is committed to the lease (42 U.S.C. 4852d). Enter the year built and the builder attaches it for you.

Can I have the tenant sign it online?

Yes. Download the PDF and sign it however you like, or make a free Kouzr account and send it to the tenant for signature from here: they get a link, sign on a phone, and the executed copy files itself against the tenancy alongside rent and the deposit record. The PDF is free either way and does not require an account.

Kouzr is not a law firm and this is not legal advice. The builder produces a form you complete yourself, and no lawyer has reviewed the document it assembles. Have one admitted in Indiana read it before you rely on it.