Description

Tenant Moves Out – Continuing the Lease with Another Tenant

The lease lists two tenants—but one wants to move out?

• Maybe a couple breaks up. Maybe a friend moves out of the apartment they shared. Or maybe two business partners go their separate ways.
• The other tenant wants to stay.
• In that case, you don’t automatically have to sign a completely new lease.
• With this agreement, you clearly stipulate that one tenant will be removed from the existing lease and the other tenant will continue the lease alone.

A tenant leaves—the lease remains in effect

This template will help you set things straight.

You decide,

• which tenant is terminating the lease
• when he will leave
• which tenant continues the lease on their own
• that, for the rest, the existing lease agreement remains in effect
• and that the landlord and tenant agree to the change

This way, you can avoid future disputes about who is still a tenant and who remains responsible for the lease.

What This Legal Document Does for You

• A tenant is legally terminated from the existing lease agreement
• The remaining tenant will continue to carry out the lease agreement on his or her own
• The landlord agrees to the change
• You must document the contract amendment in writing
• and the existing lease does not need to be completely rewritten

Suitable for residential and commercial use

You can use this template for various types of lease agreements:

• Apartment
• House
• Office
• Practice
• Retail space
• Workshop
• Warehouse
• Halle
• Other residential and commercial spaces

The key point is this: The current lease lists two tenants, but in the future, only one of them will be a tenant.

A typical scenario: The tenants split up

This situation arises particularly often after a breakup.

• Both partners have signed the lease. One is moving out. The other is staying in the apartment.
• However, moving out alone does not automatically change the existing lease agreement.
• That’s why you need a clear agreement with the landlord.
• The same applies when friends, roommates, or business partners go their separate ways in the future.

Why You Should Put It in Writing

Just taking it off isn’t enough.

If the existing contract is not amended, disputes may arise later regarding who remains the landlord’s contracting party and what obligations exist.

With a written agreement, everyone involved knows where they stand:

• The outgoing tenant has moved out.
• The remaining tenant will stay.
• The existing lease will continue.

How it works

• Fill out the agreement
• Enter the departing and remaining tenants
• Fill out. Download.
• Have the landlord and the tenants involved sign it
• Done.

Set the Record Straight Now

One leaves. One stays.

Please put it in writing now that the lease will continue with the remaining tenant.

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