A Ohio-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.
Ohio lets tenants pay their rent to the court clerk instead of the landlord when serious repairs go unfixed after written notice (Ohio Rev. Code § 5321.07). There is no deposit cap, but any amount above $50 or one month’s rent earns 5% interest for tenancies o...
These are the clauses and disclosures our Ohio template carries. Each cites the statute it comes from; the ones marked checkbox are filled from your property's answers.
R.C. 5321.16(A) — no statutory cap; 5% inter...R.C. 5321.16(B)–(C)R.C. 5321.04 (Landlord obligations) / R.C. 5...R.C. 5321.18Ohio sets no statutory maximum on the deposit, and it must be returned within 30 days (Ohio Rev. Code § 5321.16). The template states both in the deposit clause.
Must be reasonable See Ohio Rev. Code § 5321.17. 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 Ohio's UETA; the signed PDF, audit trail and timestamps are stored with the tenant record.
Every paragraph is editable before signing. Clauses Ohio requires are marked and cannot be removed by accident.
Free, e-signature included, every Ohio disclosure already in it.
The clause list mirrors the Ohio disclosure set in the My Rental Spot lease builder and is reviewed against Ohio Revised Code, Chapter 5321 (Landlords and Tenants). General information for landlords, not legal advice; local ordinances can add requirements.