NY-Compliant·RPL §235 Disclosures·E-sign Ready

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Includes every disclosure required by NY Real Property Law and NYC-specific notices — window-guards, sprinklers, bed-bug history, lead-based paint. Drafted to RPL §235 standards, ready to e-sign.

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Every clause is drafted and peer-reviewed by New York-licensed attorneys against the latest Real Property Law statutes.

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Answer a few plain-English questions and your lease is auto-assembled with the right RPL §235 + NYC disclosures baked in.

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Build your New York lease in three simple steps.

Answer a few quick questions and instantly generate a customized, NY-compliant lease. The whole flow takes less than five minutes.

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Browse our attorney-drafted library — every clause maps to a Real Property Law reference. 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 NYC borough, build year, and sprinklers only when the law requires. Takes about 5 minutes — your responses tailor every clause.

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Send for e-signature with a secure link (NY ESRA & federal E-SIGN compliant), or download a print-ready PDF. Every party gets a countersigned copy with a tamper-evident audit trail.

Why New York Landlords Choose Us

Built for New York, not for everywhere.

Built for NY Real Property Law

Every clause maps to a New York statute. NYC-specific notices fire automatically when the property is in the five boroughs.

Handles disclosures generic templates miss

Window-guards (NYC), sprinkler notice (RPL §231-A), bed-bug history (NYC), lead paint when applicable.

E-sign valid in New York

Built-in e-signature complies with New York's Electronic Signatures and Records Act (ESRA) 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 $500 attorney review every renewal. Built for self-managing New York owners.

What's Included

Every clause your New York lease needs.

Grouped by what they do, so you can see the protections at a glance. Every section is populated from your answers.

18sectionsRPL §235mapped~12pages

Group 01

Core terms

2 clauses

The foundation — who, where, and for how long.

  • Parties & property identification
  • Lease term (fixed or month-to-month)

Group 02

Money & fees

3 clauses

Rent, deposits, and the math behind late charges.

  • Rent amount, due date & grace period
  • Late fees ≤ $50 or 5% of rent (HSTPA)
  • Security deposit (one month max) & 14-day return

Group 03

Operations & rules

8 clauses

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 (RPL §226-b)
  • Default & remedies clause
  • Alterations & improvements

Group 04

Required disclosures

5 clauses

State + NYC statutory notices and the signing block.

  • Sprinkler-system notice (RPL §231-A)
  • Window-guard rider (NYC properties)
  • Bed-bug history disclosure (NYC properties)
  • Lead-based paint disclosure (pre-1978)
  • Signature blocks with date fields
New York Compliance

Every NY-specific rule, handled automatically.

New York landlord-tenant law lives in Real Property Law Article 7 and the 2019 Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act (HSTPA). When you build your lease, we insert the right clauses and disclosures based on your answers — no statute lookup required.

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RPL §231-A01/06

Sprinkler-system notice

Every NY lease must disclose whether the unit has a maintained sprinkler system. We embed the conspicuous bolded notice automatically.

  • 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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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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  1. Lease generated

    Sarah K. · 9:42 AM

  2. Sent to Marcus L.

    via email · 9:43 AM

  3. Tenant signed

    IP 73.20.··· · 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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From Brooklyn to Buffalo, real New York landlords switching off generic templates and clunky lawyer hand-offs. 12K+ verified reviews · 4.9 / 5 average.

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I had no idea about the window-guard rider until Lawlease asked if a child under 11 lived in the unit. Saved me a $5K HPD fine.

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Brooklyn, NY · 4-unit brownstone

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Switched my whole portfolio over after HSTPA. The deposit cap and 14-day return language was already updated — no scramble.

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Queens, NY · Property manager · 22 units

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First time renting out my Albany duplex. The sprinkler-notice disclosure was something my realtor friend told me about — Lawlease just did it automatically.

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Albany, NY · Duplex owner

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Manhattan-walkup landlord here. The bed-bug history notice and the sprinkler rider both fired correctly when I picked Manhattan. Nothing to look up.

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Manhattan, NY · Walkup, 6 units

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Used to pay my attorney $400 every time we updated the template. Lawlease's HSTPA-compliant lease made him redundant for residential work.

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Westchester, NY · 5 single-family

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