Georgia Lease Agreement Template
Fill in a short form and download a signature ready lease agreement that follows Georgia landlord tenant rules. Georgia's landlord tenant act requires specific disclosures and caps on deposits and fees. The controlling statute, Ga. Code Ann. §§ 44-7-1 et seq., is cited in the PDF header. This is a software product, not legal advice.
No account. One-time payment. Signature-ready PDF in five minutes.
If any of these sound like you.
- ·You own one to five residential units in Georgia and need a ready-to-sign lease without hiring an attorney for a simple tenancy.
- ·You are a first-time landlord and want a lease that already includes the state-required disclosures, deposit cap, and late fee cap.
- ·You have been reusing a generic template from a free site and are not sure if it covers the current Georgia rules.
- ·You want one document for one tenancy, not a monthly subscription to a full property management platform.
Georgia rules at a glance.
HB 404 (Safe at Home Act, effective 2024-07-01) added a statutory duty of habitability by amending OCGA 44-7-13, capped security deposits at two months rent (OCGA 44-7-30.1), and required three business days written notice to pay or quit before a dispossessory affidavit (OCGA 44-7-50(c)). Georgia requires landlords to give 60 days written notice to terminate a month-to-month tenancy; tenants need only 30 days. No statewide rent control.
- Security deposit return
- 30 days
- Pay or quit period
- 3 days
- Month to month notice
- 60 days
The template mechanics.
The residential lease wizard asks for the landlord and tenants, the property address, the rent amount and due day, the security deposit, late fee details, and whether pets, smoking, or a pre 1978 unit apply. LeaseKit then assembles a fifteen section lease with the Georgia specific disclosures, the correct deposit and late fee caps, and a signature block. The PDF is signature ready and formatted for printing or digital signing.
Honest limits.
LeaseKit is a document service built by a small team of legal researchers and developers, tailored to each state’s landlord tenant rules. For a lease agreement in Georgia, we assemble the clauses that belong in the document and fill in your details.
It is not a substitute for a licensed attorney on a specific dispute. Housing law changes year to year. Template content is based on publicly available rules as of early 2026. Verify the notice periods and caps against current Georgia law before using the PDF for anything time sensitive.
Common questions.
Does it cover the Georgia-specific disclosures?+
Yes. The lease includes the federal lead paint disclosure (for pre-1978 units), Georgia-mandated disclosures, the correct deposit cap, the state-specific late fee rule, and a signature block formatted for Georgia.
Free templates exist. Why pay for this?+
Free blank templates are fine if you are comfortable researching which Georgia clauses are mandatory, editing legal language yourself, and formatting the result for signature. This page generates a Georgia-specific document with the required disclosures, caps, and notice periods already in place, as a signature-ready PDF. Pay $29 once, download, done.
Do you store my data?+
Submissions are HMAC signed and encoded in the URL, not saved to a database. No account. After you download, nothing about the submission is retained.
What if I need to make edits later?+
The PDF is a flat file once downloaded. If you want a revised version, run the wizard again with the updated inputs and download a fresh copy.
What landlords ask about GA
- What is the security deposit cap in Georgia?
- Georgia caps the security deposit at two months of rent. Reference: Ga. Code Ann. §§ 44-7-1 et seq..
- How long does a landlord have to return a security deposit in Georgia?
- Georgia requires the landlord to return the security deposit (or an itemized statement of deductions) within 30 days of the tenant vacating. Reference: Ga. Code Ann. §§ 44-7-1 et seq.. Missing the deadline can forfeit the landlord's right to withhold any portion of the deposit and, in some states, expose the landlord to double or treble damages.
- How much notice is required for a rent increase in Georgia?
- Georgia requires 60 days of advance written notice for a rent increase. Reference: Ga. Code Ann. §§ 44-7-1 et seq..
- What is the late fee cap in Georgia?
- Georgia does not impose a specific statutory percentage cap on late fees. Courts generally require the fee to be reasonable and tied to the landlord's actual damages. Reference: Ga. Code Ann. §§ 44-7-1 et seq..
- How many days is the pay-or-quit notice in Georgia?
- Georgia requires a 3-day pay-or-quit notice before an unlawful detainer or eviction filing can be initiated for non-payment of rent. Reference: Ga. Code Ann. §§ 44-7-1 et seq..
- How much notice terminates a month-to-month tenancy in Georgia?
- Georgia requires 60 days of written notice to end a month-to-month tenancy. Reference: Ga. Code Ann. §§ 44-7-1 et seq..
- What mandatory disclosures does Georgia require in a lease?
- Georgia leases must include these disclosures: Federal lead-based paint disclosure (pre-1978 units); Flood disclosure if property has flooded in the past five years (Ga. Code § 44-7-20); Move-in condition report required for security deposit claims; Habitability duty notice (HB 404, 2024). Missing a required disclosure can invalidate the lease's enforceability on that point and sometimes on the lease as a whole. Reference: Ga. Code Ann. §§ 44-7-1 et seq..
- Which Georgia statute governs landlord-tenant law?
- HB 404 (Safe at Home Act, effective 2024-07-01) added a statutory duty of habitability by amending OCGA 44-7-13, capped security deposits at two months rent (OCGA 44-7-30.1), and required three business days written notice to pay or quit before a dispossessory affidavit (OCGA 44-7-50(c)). Georgia requires landlords to give 60 days written notice to terminate a month-to-month tenancy; tenants need only 30 days. No statewide rent control. The primary citation used across LeaseKit templates for this state is: Ga. Code Ann. §§ 44-7-1 et seq..