A Alabama-compliant lease with every disclosure the state requires built in, not bolted on — 3 state-specific clauses plus 11 universal ones. Fill it in, e-sign it, and it lives with the tenant record.
Alabama caps security deposits at one month’s rent but gives landlords 60 days to return them, one of the longest deadlines in the country (Ala. Code § 35-9A-201). A tenant who falls behind gets 7 days’ written notice to pay before an eviction can be filed, an...
These are the clauses and disclosures our Alabama template carries. Each cites the statute it comes from; the ones marked checkbox are filled from your property's answers.
Ala. Code §35-9A-201 (URLTA)Ala. Code §35-9A-201(c)Ala. Code §35-9A-204 (Landlord duty); §35-9A...Yes — the cap is one month’s rent, and it must be returned within 60 days (Ala. Code § 35-9A-201). The template states both in the deposit clause.
No statutory cap; must be stated in the lease See Ala. Code §§ 35-9A-161, 35-9A-441. The template carries the rule and the grace period you set.
For any building built before 1978, yes — it is federal (42 U.S.C. § 4852d). The template includes the EPA pamphlet acknowledgment automatically.
Yes. Electronic signatures are valid under the federal E-SIGN Act and Alabama's UETA; the signed PDF, audit trail and timestamps are stored with the tenant record.
Every paragraph is editable before signing. Clauses Alabama requires are marked and cannot be removed by accident.
Free, e-signature included, every Alabama disclosure already in it.
The clause list mirrors the Alabama disclosure set in the My Rental Spot lease builder and is reviewed against Code of Alabama, Title 35, Chapter 9A (Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act). General information for landlords, not legal advice; local ordinances can add requirements.