If I just moved into an apartment and the management company failed to get my signature on the lease, can I choose not to sign it?
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If I just moved into an apartment and the management company failed to get my signature on the lease, can I choose not to sign it?
We are now not sure we want to live here because they haven’t shown great ability to get repairs done before our move in or for reoccurring damage to the secure entrance to the building. We gave them our cashiers check for first months rent, but the agent didn’t get our signatures on the lease. We have the lease. They want it signed. They “say” they have a 30 day guarantee for “satisfaction” in living here.
Asked on September 7, 2011 under Real Estate Law, Colorado
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Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
If you did not sign the written lease for the unit that you rented and the written lease is for more than a month-to-month lease, then in reality you have a month-to-month lease and can terminate the oral lease with your landlord by giving the required notice of termination of your lease. Most states require at least a thirty (30) day written notice by either the landlord or the tenant.
If there is a thirty (30) day satisfaction guarantee regarding the rented unit and you are not satsfied so far, you should consider ending the lease at this point through a written notice of termination. You are under no obligation to sign the lease that was presented to you.
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