A collection of free legal forms you can download in Word and PDF or copy from the page. Fill-in-the-blank, plain-English, and built for common do-it-yourself legal tasks.
The two-sentence rejection email most landlords send is a federal compliance failure if a screening report drove the decision. The FCRA requires an adverse action notice naming the screening company, stating who really decided, and spelling out the free-copy and dispute rights, and the duty covers the higher deposit and the required co-signer, not only the flat no. Here is a free template with all four required elements built in.
The application is perfect except the income line, and then the applicant’s father calls: what if I sign for it? A co-signer agreement is how that sentence becomes enforceable, one signed guaranty with the scope, the dollar cap, the renewal answer, and the credit-check consent in writing. Here is a free form to copy, the statute-of-frauds rule that voids every verbal version, and the continuing-guaranty layer nobody else explains.
The tenant asked first: can we adopt a dog? A pet addendum is how the yes goes on paper, one named animal, the deposit and rent in their legal shapes, the rules the permission rides on. Here is a free template to copy, the verified state pet-deposit rules from California’s inside-the-cap regime to Delaware’s one-month ceiling, and the assistance-animal rule that overrides everything else.
The unit belongs to the landlord; the home belongs to the tenant. A notice to enter is how both rights survive a repair, an inspection, or a showing. Here is a free template to copy, every verified state lead time from California’s 24 hours to Delaware’s 48 and the states that leave it all to the lease, plus the emergency exception and the harassment line nobody explains.
The lease says no pets and the dog has been in the window since Tuesday. That calls for a lease violation notice, the cure or quit warning that gives a tenant a set window to fix a non-rent breach before eviction can start. Here is a free template to copy, every state’s cure period from California’s 3 days to DC’s 30, and the fair-housing check to run before the notice touches the door.
A farm machine is leased against a clock the weather owns. A farm equipment lease agreement is built for that reality: a term set by the season instead of the calendar, a delivery deadline with teeth, hour-meter rates, a daily-care split, and the two Schedule F tax lines a generic form never mentions. Here is a free template to copy, a clause-by-clause walkthrough, and the lease-to-own fork that decides whether you are renting or buying.
Renting out camera gear? A photography equipment rental contract covers what a plain rental form leaves blank: a kit of small, costly items rented as one bag. It lists every body and lens by serial number with a replacement value, sets the deposit and ID at handoff, and draws the damage-vs-wear line through glass and sensors. It also answers the question no other rental form raises, who owns the photos shot on rented gear. Here is a free template to copy, a clause walkthrough, and the copyright line that keeps the rights with the photographer.
Renting out a trailer? A trailer rental agreement covers what a plain equipment form leaves blank: the trailer is a registered, plated, often titled vehicle that travels public roads behind the renter’s truck. It identifies the trailer by VIN and plate, pins down the tow hookup and the lights, and answers the question that decides a wreck, whose insurance follows the trailer. It flags the 10,001-pound line where a haul turns commercial, and it handles the title if the trailer is lost or stolen. Here is a free template to copy, a clause walkthrough, and the on-road lines a generic form never has.
Putting a machine on a jobsite? A construction equipment rental agreement covers what a plain rental form leaves blank: the project and site, who owns the ground and the overnight risk, OSHA safety duties, and the collection angle nobody else raises. On a construction project, an unpaid rental can support a mechanics lien in many states. Here is a free template to copy, a clause walkthrough, and the jobsite lines that decide who pays when something goes wrong.