A Louisiana-compliant lease with every disclosure the state requires built in, not bolted on — 4 state-specific clauses plus 11 universal ones. Fill it in, e-sign it, and it lives with the tenant record.
Louisiana is the only state whose landlord-tenant law comes from its Civil Code, so leases here are governed by articles 2668–2729 rather than a uniform act. Tenants get a 5-day notice to vacate before an eviction, and deposits are due back within one month.
These are the clauses and disclosures our Louisiana template carries. Each cites the statute it comes from; the ones marked checkbox are filled from your property's answers.
La. R.S. §9:3251–§9:3254LA Civil Code Articles 2696, 2715 (no implie...La. R.S. §9:3261.1 (Hurricane and Flood Disc...checkboxLA Civil Code Article 2696Louisiana sets no statutory maximum on the deposit, and it must be returned within One month (La. R.S. 9:3251). The template states both in the deposit clause.
No statutory cap See La. Civ. Code art. 2728. 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 Louisiana's UETA; the signed PDF, audit trail and timestamps are stored with the tenant record.
Every paragraph is editable before signing. Clauses Louisiana requires are marked and cannot be removed by accident.
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Free, e-signature included, every Louisiana disclosure already in it.
The clause list mirrors the Louisiana disclosure set in the My Rental Spot lease builder and is reviewed against Louisiana Civil Code, Book III, Title IX (Lease). General information for landlords, not legal advice; local ordinances can add requirements.