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Remember to include the following: The move-in date. The monthly rent payment amount. When the rent is due each month. What will be done about late rent payments. Who should pay or manage the utilities. The penalties, if any, for breaking a lease.

For rental periods of at least one month, one month after the day notice is given. For rental periods of less than one month, "the day following the expiration of the period beginning on the day on which notice is given and extending for a number of days equal to the number of days in the rent-paying period."

To make the transfer of a lease legal, complete a Lease Assignment. If the landlord agrees, this can free you of your obligations as the original tenant to the lease, including any remaining interest. All three parties should sign the document: the landlord, the original tenant, and the new tenant.

California's Statute of Frauds requires a lease to be in writing if it either: 1. has a term longer than one year; or 2. has a term less than one year which expires more than one year after the agreement is reached.

Once the landlord's consent has been obtained, the tenant and assignee can enter into a deed of assignment to transfer the lease to the assignee. If the lease is registered at the Land Registry the assignee will then need to register the assignment at the Land Registry.

The lease should also be signed by all occupants who are adults, and state whether there is a security deposit and how it may be utilized. It should also state whether the tenant may sublease the apartment.

Lease signing can take place in person or be completed online before you move into a new unit. If you sign the lease with your landlord or property manager present, they should go over all the important terms with you. Make sure you ask questions and understand these parts of the lease.