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Rent Agreement
Residential and commercial rental agreements prepared with the clauses a tenancy actually turns on: deposit and its refund, notice, maintenance responsibility, escalation and what happens at the end of the term. Stamp duty and registration are handled according to the state and the term, since the requirement differs on both counts.
What you get
- Residential and commercial leave and licence agreements
- Deposit amount, deduction grounds and refund timing stated explicitly
- Maintenance, repair and utility responsibility split between the parties, not left implied
- Notice period, lock-in and renewal or escalation terms set out
- Stamp duty computed for the state, the rent and the term of the agreement
- Registration arranged where the term makes it mandatory
How it works
- 1Capture the termsParties, property, rent, deposit, term and start date, plus the points the parties have already discussed and the ones they have not.
- 2Draft and confirmThe agreement is drafted and shared with both sides, so a disagreement about maintenance or notice surfaces now rather than at handover.
- 3Stamp and executeStamp duty for the applicable state is paid, and the agreement is signed by both parties with witnesses where required.
- 4Register if requiredAgreements past the term threshold that makes registration compulsory are registered at the sub-registrar office, with the registered copy handed to both parties.
FAQ
About rent agreement
Why are so many rent agreements written for eleven months?
Because registration becomes compulsory once a lease crosses a term threshold, and an eleven-month agreement stays under it in most states. It is a legitimate practice, but it is not free of consequence: an unregistered agreement has limited evidentiary value in a dispute, and a tenant relying on one has less to stand on than they think.
Is a notarised agreement the same as a registered one?
No, and the two are commonly confused. Notarisation attests that the parties signed; registration records the document with the state and gives it a far stronger evidentiary standing. Where the law requires registration, notarisation is not a substitute for it.