A Tennessee-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.
Tennessee’s Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act applies only in counties above a population threshold — covering Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville and Chattanooga — so rural tenants have fewer statutory protections. Where it applies, late fees are capped a...
These are the clauses and disclosures our Tennessee template carries. Each cites the statute it comes from; the ones marked checkbox are filled from your property's answers.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-28-301 (URLTA)Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-28-304 (Landlord duty);...Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-7-110 (Mandatory Mold D...checkboxNo statewide statuteTenn. Code Ann. § 66-28-403Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-28-301(g)Tennessee sets no statutory maximum on the deposit, and it must be returned within 30 days (Tenn. Code § 66-28-301). The template states both in the deposit clause.
10% of the past-due rent See Tenn. Code §§ 66-28-201, 66-28-512. 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 Tennessee's UETA; the signed PDF, audit trail and timestamps are stored with the tenant record.
Every paragraph is editable before signing. Clauses Tennessee requires are marked and cannot be removed by accident.
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The clause list mirrors the Tennessee disclosure set in the My Rental Spot lease builder and is reviewed against Tennessee Code, Title 66, Chapter 28 (Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act). General information for landlords, not legal advice; local ordinances can add requirements.