Group 01
Core terms
The foundation — who, where, and for how long.
- Parties & property identification
- Lease term (fixed or month-to-month)
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Includes every disclosure required by California Civil Code §1940–1954 — ownership, lead-based paint, parking rules. Drafted to §1940-54 standards, ready to e-sign.
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Every clause is drafted and peer-reviewed by California-licensed attorneys against the latest Civil Code statutes.
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Answer a few plain-English questions and your lease is auto-assembled with the right §1940-54 disclosures baked in.
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Browse our attorney-drafted library — every clause maps to a California Civil Code statute. Skip the generic 50-state templates and start from a base that already fits your state.
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Property type, parties, rent, rules, term length. We ask about build year and parking only when §1940-54 requires it. Takes about 5 minutes — your responses tailor every clause.
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E-sign or download — your lease is ready
Send for e-signature with a secure link (California UETA & federal E-SIGN compliant), or download a print-ready PDF. Every party gets a countersigned copy with a tamper-evident audit trail.
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Apartment
42 templates
House
38 templates
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Apartment lease
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Pick your California-compliant template
Browse our attorney-drafted library — every clause maps to a California Civil Code statute. Skip the generic 50-state templates and start from a base that already fits your state.
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Why California Landlords Choose Us
Built for California, not for everywhere.
Built for California Civil Code §1940–1954
Every clause maps to a California statute. No generic 50-state language to delete, no out-of-state references.
Handles disclosures generic templates miss
Ownership/management (§1962), parking rules formatted per code, lead paint when applicable.
E-sign valid in California
Built-in e-signature complies with California UETA (Civ. Code §1633.1) and the federal E-SIGN Act. Tenants sign by secure link — no account required.
Made for landlords, not lawyers
5-minute wizard, plain English, no $200 attorney review every renewal. Built for self-managing California owners.
What's Included
Every clause your California lease needs.
Grouped by what they do, so you can see the protections at a glance. Every section is populated from your answers.
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Group 02
Money & fees
Rent, deposits, and the math behind late charges.
- Rent amount, due date & grace period
- Late fees & returned payment charges
- Security deposit & Civil Code §1950.5 return rules
Group 03
Operations & rules
Day-to-day living, repairs, and on-property conduct.
- Utilities & services responsibility
- Maintenance & repair obligations
- Landlord right of entry & inspection rights
- Pet policy & pet deposit
- Smoking & vaping restrictions
- Assignment & subletting rules
- Default & remedies clause
- Alterations & improvements
Group 04
Required disclosures
Statutory notices and the signing block.
- §1962 ownership & management disclosure
- Lead-based paint disclosure (pre-1978 properties)
- Parking rules formatted per Civil Code §1962
- Signature blocks with date fields
California Compliance
Every California-specific rule, handled automatically.
California landlord-tenant law lives in Civil Code §§1940–1954 and Code of Civil Procedure §1161. When you build your lease, we insert the right clauses and disclosures based on your answers — no statute lookup required.
Property Owner
Westbrook Holdings, LLC
2400 Travis St · Houston, TX 77002
Manager
PrimeRentals Co.
Contact
(713) 555-0142
Embedded in §1 of lease
Ownership & management
California law requires the name and address of the title holder (and management company, if any) in your lease. We embed it in the right place.
- Inserted automatically based on your answers
- Plain-English explanation alongside the legal text
- Updated when the statute changes — no rework needed
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Beyond the template
More than just a template.
Everything you need to create, manage, and sign legal documents — built in.
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eSign, ready out of the box
Set the signing order, send by secure link, and let everyone sign from any device — no account required for your tenants. UETA & federal ESIGN Act compliant, with a sealed audit trail attached to every signature.
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- Landlord — Sarah K.signed
- TTenant — Marcus L.awaiting
- CCo-tenant — Jamie R.queued
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Every lease, in one vault
Drafts, sent leases, and countersigned PDFs live in one organized workspace. Search across the whole library, filter by status, and share with co-landlords or your manager without emailing files back and forth.
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A tamper-evident audit trail
Every change, view, and signature is logged with a timestamped event and an IP fingerprint. Export the whole timeline as a sealed PDF — the kind of evidence you want on hand for a tribunal or insurance claim.
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Lease generated
Sarah K. · 9:42 AM
Sent to Marcus L.
via email · 9:43 AM
Tenant signed
IP 73.20.··· · 10:14 AM
Sealed PDF locked
SHA-256 · 10:14 AM
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See your lease assemble in real time as you answer questions. Statutory disclosures and clauses appear the moment they become required for your property — no surprises after the fact, no missing pieces.
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Was the property built before 1978?
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