A rent contract is a legally binding agreement between a landlord and a tenant that outlines the commitments of both parties to a property and lists in details terms of leasing said property.
If you rely financially on rental income, it means it’s a business so why not treat it as such? You should do everything you can to protect your investment.
There are a lot of landlords and tenants making verbal arrangements all across the country without knowing the legal rights of each other. In other words, we are infringing on each other’s rights without even knowing it, whether or not it is coming from a place of malice.
Landlord and Tenant Horror Stories
I have heard of several horror stories where:
It is truly in our culture to agree to trust people’s words, when we really are just standing by waiting on them to break the verbal agreement.
So, in order for this agreement to be clear, it is better to have it in writing. Here is a Buy Now I am sharing with you prepared by a lawyer.
The tenant registration form is a document that a potential renter or a lease holder must fill in for the purpose of collecting important factual information about the individual which the landlord will use to make a decision and alo may rely up on for future references.
With every tenant or potential tenant who is going through the process of renting your property. You must collect the right information and keep a record of it. This should be done for administrative, legal, and even safety purposes. Here is a Buy Now that we have created for you to use.
Did you know it is mandatory as a landlord to register at the (RAB) Rent Assessment Board?
RAB is the body that oversees landlord and tenants and deals with all issues of the tenancy, they have the same power as the Resident Magistrate’s Court (RMC) and as such RMC is no longer handling issues between landlords and tenants.
RAB is guided by the Rent Restriction Act (RRA) of Jamaica and so should you.
Here are some facts about the RRA:
A notice to quit is a form served to the tenant by the landlord to vacate a property. The form must give the tenant at least 30 days notice, the reason for possession of the property request and it must be dated and signed.
Should the landlord require possession of the property, he/she should serve the tenant with a NOTICE TO QUIT FORM.
Here are the reasons for “notice to vacate” provided by the Rent Restriction Act (RRA)
When you enter your name and email address, we will send you the Notice to Quit form via said email.
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Now that you have the rental agreement, tenant registration form, and your free notice to quit/vacate template, I hope this post provides answers to your questions and empowers you to be the landlord you desire to be.
Let me know in the comment section if you find this article useful and let’s continue the discussion.
Thanks for the information on rental agreement and notice to quit. I would like to get information on damages to tenants furniture and landlord refused to compensate and the tenant decide to stop paying rent to compensate for loss/damage. Log in to Reply
Kaydian Williams says:Hi Chanti82002,
Thanks for your question. For such a matter, I would recommend you contact the Rent Assessment Board of Jamaica. This is their website info https://rentassessmentboardjm.com/. Good Luck
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This website is not here to replace lawyers, in fact, it’s the opposite. It’s designed to promote the use of contracts and to desensitize people from seeking legal counsel before making big financial decisions.
I want to provide legal empowerment, and my hope is for victims to remove the shame of being victimised since it is not their shame to bear, and share their stories to raise awareness of these legal misdeeds.
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