A Massachusetts-compliant lease with every disclosure the state requires built in, not bolted on — 7 state-specific clauses plus 11 universal ones. Fill it in, e-sign it, and it lives with the tenant record.
Massachusetts has some of the strictest deposit rules in the country: the money must sit in a separate Massachusetts bank account, earn interest for the tenant, and come with a written statement of the unit’s condition (M.G.L. c. 186, § 15B). Late fees cannot...
These are the clauses and disclosures our Massachusetts template carries. Each cites the statute it comes from; the ones marked checkbox are filled from your property's answers.
M.G.L. c.186 §15B (strict liability, 3x dama...M.G.L. c.186 §15B(4)–(7)M.G.L. c.111 §127L (state sanitary code); Bo...M.G.L. c.111 §197A; 105 CMR 460M.G.L. c.186 §15B(2)(a) (5% annual interest...M.G.L. c.186 §15B(1)(b) — exhaustive list of...M.G.L. c.186 §21Yes — the cap is one month’s rent, and it must be returned within 30 days (M.G.L. c. 186, § 15B). The template states both in the deposit clause.
Set by the lease See M.G.L. c. 186, §§ 12, 15B. 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 Massachusetts's UETA; the signed PDF, audit trail and timestamps are stored with the tenant record.
Every paragraph is editable before signing. Clauses Massachusetts requires are marked and cannot be removed by accident.
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The clause list mirrors the Massachusetts disclosure set in the My Rental Spot lease builder and is reviewed against Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 186 (Estates for Years and at Will). General information for landlords, not legal advice; local ordinances can add requirements.