Tennessee Lease Agreement Laws & Requirements
| Security Deposit Limit | No statutory limit |
| Deposit Return Period | 30 days |
| Late Fee Rules | 10% of past-due rent; only after 5 days late |
| Grace Period | 5 days |
| Notice to Quit (Non-Payment) | 14 days |
| Notice to Quit (Month-to-Month) | 30 days |
| Required Disclosures | lead-paint, landlord-identity, flooding-history |
| Governing Statute | Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 66-28-101 to 66-28-521 |
Tennessee-Specific Requirements
Tennessee has specific laws governing lease agreements that differ from other states. Understanding these requirements is essential to creating a legally compliant document.
Our template automatically includes all Tennessee-required provisions, disclosures, and clauses when you select Tennessee as your state in the document builder.
How to Create Your Tennessee Lease Agreement
- 1Click "Create Document"
Tennessee will be pre-selected as your state.
- 2Answer the guided questions
Fill in the details specific to your situation. Tennessee-required fields will be highlighted.
- 3Review and download
Preview your completed Tennessee lease agreement, then download as PDF or Word.
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