A Rhode Island-compliant lease with every disclosure the state requires built in, not bolted on — 6 state-specific clauses plus 11 universal ones. Fill it in, e-sign it, and it lives with the tenant record.
Rhode Island banned rental application fees in 2024 and requires landlords to give tenants 62 or older 60 days’ notice of a rent increase instead of 30 (R.I.G.L. § 34-18-16.1). Deposits are capped at one month’s rent and returned within 20 days.
These are the clauses and disclosures our Rhode Island template carries. Each cites the statute it comes from; the ones marked checkbox are filled from your property's answers.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-19R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-19R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-22 / § 34-18-32No statewide RI requirement (general disclos...No statewide RI requirement (Lease policy cl...R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-128.1 (Lead Hazard Mitig...Yes — the cap is one month’s rent, and it must be returned within 20 days (R.I.G.L. § 34-18-19). The template states both in the deposit clause.
No statutory cap See R.I.G.L. § 34-18-16.1. 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 Rhode Island's UETA; the signed PDF, audit trail and timestamps are stored with the tenant record.
Every paragraph is editable before signing. Clauses Rhode Island requires are marked and cannot be removed by accident.
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Free, e-signature included, every Rhode Island disclosure already in it.
The clause list mirrors the Rhode Island disclosure set in the My Rental Spot lease builder and is reviewed against Rhode Island General Laws, Chapter 34-18 (Residential Landlord and Tenant Act). General information for landlords, not legal advice; local ordinances can add requirements.