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its usually better to have a lease both for the landlord and the tenant. every state has kind of a lease implied if you dont have one and you may not like it.
for the landlord its very important..no lease can make things very difficult for a landlord.
one example is the tenant dosnt pay the rent so you want to sue them...well with no lease how do you document what the rent even is?
It's not illegal in VA...it's just not a smart thing to do. Suppose you let someone move into your property based on a verbal agreement. If things go south and you want to evict that person, how are you going to prove your case to the court when you have nothing in writing? The judge probably won't be too kind to a landlord who allows tenancy based on verbal agreements.
If the landlord accepts money from you, you have a de facto lease. It is hard for either party to prove what the terms of the agreement are. But if the landlord takes your money and then claims you don't have the right to live there, they are in breach of the verbal contract.
If the LL doesn't want to offer you a written agreement, at least write something up yourself such as "On December 19, 2009, I entered an agreement to pay $500 per month for the use of Apartment 201, at 123 Main Street. The agreement is valid for one year, and expires on December 31, 2010. In addition to monthly rent, I have agreed to pay a security deposit of $500 from which the cost of repairs or damage may be subtracted upon move-out. The condition of the unit upon move-in is documented in the attached photos."
Print it out, along with copies of the photos, and take them to a notary public to get the date stamp and third-party signature on them. It isn't as legally binding as a signed lease would be, because it lacks the landlord's signature, but it is definitely stronger evidence than 'he said-she said', should your verbal agreement fall apart.
its usually better to have a lease both for the landlord and the tenant. every state has kind of a lease implied if you dont have one and you may not like it.
for the landlord its very important..no lease can make things very difficult for a landlord.
one example is the tenant dosnt pay the rent so you want to sue them...well with no lease how do you document what the rent even is?
... and the thread harks back to 2009 but a new poster decided to resurrect it with an old quote and an emoticon - brilliant.
oh boy didn't even notice that
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