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Louisiana residential lease agreement
Download the November 2026 Louisiana Residential Lease Agreement for houses, apartments, condos, and other residential rentals. The packet includes a complete editable DOCX, a true fillable PDF, a landlord instructions PDF, federal lead-based paint materials, and an optional completed sample lease.
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Use each document only when appropriate. The notice packet is not a move-in document and should be used only when the facts and current law support it.
A practical Louisiana lease packet built to document the rental relationship, current deposit and notice rules, disclosure obligations, and clean completion in your own PDF reader or on paper.
Addresses the Louisiana Civil Code lease, articles 2668 through 2729, the security-deposit return within one month and the itemized statement (R.S. 9:3251, as amended by Acts 2026, No. 63), a check dishonored for nonsufficient funds (R.S. 9:2782), written notice at least ten calendar days before the end of the month to end a month-to-month lease (Civil Code articles 2728 and 2729), and early termination for military service (R.S. 9:3261), domestic abuse (R.S. 9:3261.1), and sexual assault (R.S. 9:3261.2). Federal lead-based paint materials are included for pre-1978 housing.
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Self-help lease overview
A written Louisiana residential lease helps document the landlord, tenant, premises, parish, term, rent, security deposit, utilities, repairs, disclosures, rules, and signatures for a rental property. This agreement captures the key deal terms in a front Data Schedule before the numbered sections.
This packet includes the Louisiana Residential Lease Agreement in editable DOCX and true fillable PDF, a landlord instructions PDF that is not part of the signed lease, and the federal lead-based paint materials listed below for pre-1978 housing.
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This page highlights the current downloadable Louisiana residential lease packet: a complete editable DOCX, a true fillable PDF, a landlord instructions PDF, and federal lead-based paint materials. The instructions PDF is for the landlord and is not part of the signed lease. The lease uses a front Data Schedule and a fixed-term or month-to-month election. A completed sample lease is available as an add-on.
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Page 1 above is the blank Data Schedule and the term election. Each line names a section and what it covers. The lease itself is the file you download.
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The purchase includes 4 document groups and 6 delivered files in the Word and PDF formats shown in the included-documents list. A completed sample lease is available as a separate $4.99 add-on and is not part of that count.
This is PL-LA-RL01, Rev. 11/2026, last revised November 1, 2026. Addresses the Louisiana Civil Code lease, articles 2668 through 2729, the security-deposit return within one month and the itemized statement (R.S. 9:3251, as amended by Acts 2026, No. 63), a check dishonored for nonsufficient funds (R.S. 9:2782), written notice at least ten calendar days before the end of the month to end a month-to-month lease (Civil Code articles 2728 and 2729), and early termination for military service (R.S. 9:3261), domestic abuse (R.S. 9:3261.1), and sexual assault (R.S. 9:3261.2). Federal lead-based paint materials are included for pre-1978 housing.
R.S. 9:3251, as amended by Acts 2026, No. 63, requires return of the security deposit within one month after the tenancy ends, together with an itemized statement. This lease does not require interest or a separate account. The deposit is not Rent. This lease does not set the R.S. 9:3252 remedy and does not waive R.S. 9:3254.
R.S. 9:2782 covers a check dishonored for nonsufficient funds. This lease does not set a fee for that check. The section does not cover a stopped payment or an ACH, debit, credit, or other electronic return.
Civil Code articles 2728 and 2729 let either party end a month-to-month tenancy by written notice given at least ten calendar days before the end of the month. That notice is given when the other party receives the writing. Reconduction is articles 2723 and 2724.
The lease requires at least 24 hours notice before a non-emergency entry. That period is contractual. No Louisiana statute sets the number of hours.
R.S. 9:3261 covers early termination for military service. Domestic abuse, stalking, and cyberstalking are R.S. 9:3261.1 and apply only when the landlord has six or more dwellings, with the owner-occupies exception. Sexual assault termination is R.S. 9:3261.2. That section has no minimum dwelling count and uses a 60-day window.
No. The blank prints Code of Civil Procedure article 4701 as a choice and does not select it. The parties decide that choice when they complete the lease.
The registry notice applies only if a licensee executes the lease, under R.S. 37:1469 and R.S. 15:540. The blank does not treat that notice as selected.
Written notice is given when the other party receives the writing. A courtesy email may go with that writing. The email does not replace it.
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Yes. Once purchased, you can reuse the lease and companion forms for additional properties, tenants, or transactions. Update the property, parties, dates, terms, disclosures, and other facts for each use, and confirm the law and local requirements are still current.
The packet is built for ordinary private Louisiana residential rentals under the Civil Code. Parish and municipal rules, subsidized or federally regulated housing, and association rules can add requirements. A parish or municipal rule is named on the lease only when it applies.
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No. PublicLegal provides self-help legal forms and information, not legal advice. You are responsible for reviewing the completed lease and confirming state, local, federal, subsidized-housing, and property-specific requirements before signing.