A District of Columbia-compliant lease with every disclosure the state requires built in, not bolted on — 10 state-specific clauses plus 11 universal ones. Fill it in, e-sign it, and it lives with the tenant record.
Washington, D.C. is one of the few U.S. jurisdictions with long-standing rent control, and a landlord must give 30 days’ written notice of past-due rent before filing an eviction case (D.C. Code § 42-3505.01). Deposits are limited to one month’s rent and earn...
These are the clauses and disclosures our District of Columbia template carries. Each cites the statute it comes from; the ones marked checkbox are filled from your property's answers.
D.C. Code §42-3502.17 (Security deposit cap...D.C. Code §42-3502.17 (Return and itemizatio...D.C. Code §42-3502.13 (Implied warranty of h...D.C. Code §8-241 et seq. (Air Quality Amendm...D.C. local ordinance — no statewide mandate...D.C. Code §42-3501.03 (Rental Housing Act /...D.C. Code §1-1001.05 (Tenant move-in voter r...D.C. Code §42-3502 (Mandatory annual Tenant...D.C. Code §47-2851.03 (Basic Business Licens...D.C. Human Rights Act (D.C. Code §2-1401.01...Yes — the cap is one month’s rent, and it must be returned within 45 days (14 DCMR §§ 308, 309). The template states both in the deposit clause.
5% of monthly rent See D.C. Code § 42-3505.31. 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 District of Columbia's UETA; the signed PDF, audit trail and timestamps are stored with the tenant record.
Every paragraph is editable before signing. Clauses District of Columbia requires are marked and cannot be removed by accident.
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Free, e-signature included, every District of Columbia disclosure already in it.
The clause list mirrors the District of Columbia disclosure set in the My Rental Spot lease builder and is reviewed against D.C. Code, Title 42, Chapter 35 (Rental Housing Act of 1985). General information for landlords, not legal advice; local ordinances can add requirements.