Residential lease agreement template for Latvia

Place of signature, Date of signature.

Landlord, email address Landlord's email for notices (hereinafter "the Landlord"), and Tenant or co-tenants, email address Tenant's email for notices (hereinafter "the Tenant"), together "the Parties", conclude this residential lease (hereinafter "the Lease") under the Residential Tenancy Law.

Each owner: name, personal code or registration number, address. Each tenant: name and personal code, or date of birth and passport number.

Optional

If the Lease is concluded with several tenants, they are jointly and severally liable for the obligations under the Lease.

Keep it for co-tenants. The act already makes them jointly liable (art. 17(2)), so the clause only informs them.

The Landlord hands over and the Tenant accepts for use the residential premises at Address of the home, cadastral number Cadastral number of the home, total area Total area m², description: Description (hereinafter "the Flat").

Address, area and description are mandatory terms (art. 8(1), point 1). Give rooms, kitchen, bathroom, balcony, floor and heating type.

Together with the Flat, the following ancillary spaces and grounds are handed over for the Tenant's use: Cellar, storage, parking or garden, together with the following equipment and furniture: Furniture and appliances.

For furniture, you can refer to the list in the handover report.

The Flat is let for the Tenant to live in. Use of the Flat for other purposes, including short-term letting to tourists, is not allowed without the Landlord's written consent.

The Lease takes effect on Start date and is concluded for a fixed term until End date. The Lease ends when the term expires unless the Parties agree in writing to extend it.

The act requires a fixed term (art. 9) and ends the lease at its term (art. 19). The tenant must then leave unless a new lease is signed (art. 17(1), point 8).

The following persons live in the Flat with the Tenant: Persons living with the tenant.

Details of every occupant are a mandatory term (art. 8(1), point 5, and art. 14(4)). Give each name and personal code or birth date.

The Tenant may move into the Flat the Tenant's spouse and the children of either or both spouses after informing the Landlord in writing in advance. The Tenant may move in other persons only with the Landlord's written consent. The Parties add details of every person moved in to the Lease.

The Tenant and the persons moved in may declare the Flat as their place of residence.

The landlord cannot refuse this (art. 15).

The rent is Monthly rent EUR per month. The rent includes: What the rent includes.

Rent is set freely. It may include use-linked payments, such as the building management fee, if agreed in writing (art. 10(1) and (2)).

The Tenant pays the rent for the current month by day Day of the month by which rent is paid of that month, by transfer to the Landlord's account Landlord's bank account (IBAN).

The Landlord may change the rent no more than once a year, from the second year of the Lease, in line with Basis for the annual rent change, but by no more than Maximum annual increase% a year. The Landlord notifies the Tenant of the change in writing at least one month in advance, with the calculation.

A mandatory term (art. 8(1), point 3). Use, for example, the consumer price index of the Central Statistical Bureau, or a fixed percentage.

The Tenant receives the following services linked to the use of the Flat and pays for them in the following amounts, manner and deadlines: Services and how they are paid.

A mandatory term (art. 8(1), point 4). For each service, name the provider. Say whether the tenant pays it directly or repays the landlord against the bill.

The Landlord pays the real estate tax and the building's reserve fund contributions.

To secure performance of the Lease, the Tenant pays the Landlord on the day the Lease is signed a deposit of Deposit EUR, which does not exceed two months' rent.

The cap is 2 months' rent (art. 12(1)).

Optional

The Landlord may use the deposit to cover overdue payments under the Lease during the Lease as well, with written notice to the Tenant. The Tenant pays the used amount back in within 14 days of receiving the notice.

The act allows this only if the lease says so (art. 12(3)).

When the Lease ends, the Landlord deducts from the deposit the Tenant's debts for payments under the Lease and informs the Tenant without delay. The Landlord returns the deposit or its balance to the Tenant no later than the day the Flat is vacated and handed back.

The act's default (art. 12(2) and (4)). If final utility bills come later, the parties may agree a later date, for example 30 days, and write it here.

The Landlord hands over the Flat for the Tenant's use and ensures that the Tenant can use it undisturbed for the whole term of the Lease.

As far as it depends on the Landlord, the Landlord maintains the building and the Flat in line with the regulations and repairs damage not caused by the Tenant's fault.

The Landlord informs the Tenant without delay of any change of the Landlord's address or contact details and of any sale of the Flat.

Art. 18(2).

The Tenant treats the Flat with care, does not worsen its condition, and complies with fire safety, sanitary and hygiene rules and the house rules.

The Tenant informs the Landlord without delay of any damage or defect that affects or may affect the health, life or property of persons.

The Tenant lets the Landlord inspect the Flat at an agreed time, arranged at least 3 days in advance, except in emergencies.

The Tenant does not rebuild, repair or otherwise improve the Flat without the Landlord's written consent. The consent states whether and how the cost of agreed improvements is reimbursed.

The Tenant may sublet the Flat or part of it only with the Landlord's written consent and under a written sublease.

A subtenant's only basis to use the home is a written sublease (art. 6).

Optional

The Tenant may keep pets in the Flat only with the Landlord's written consent.

Delete it, or name the animals already agreed.

The Tenant may withdraw from the Lease unilaterally by giving the Landlord at least one month's written notice. If the Landlord does not hand over the Flat, prevents its use or does not maintain the building, the Tenant may withdraw immediately by written notice to the Landlord.

Art. 20 and 27(1) and (2). A longer notice is allowed only for a lease of more than 10 years.

The Landlord may end the Lease only in the cases set in articles 22 to 26 of the Residential Tenancy Law, including when the Tenant's rent arrears exceed Arrears limit, in months of rent months' rent or when persons not named in the Lease use the Flat without the Landlord's consent.

The act sets 2 months of arrears (art. 24). The lease may set a higher figure, not a lower one.

The Landlord gives the Tenant written notice of termination within the periods set in article 27(3) of the Residential Tenancy Law, stating in the notice the unmet obligation, the period of delay, the amount overdue and the consequences of non-performance.

Art. 27(6) requires this content before the landlord goes to court.

The Parties send warnings and notices to the addresses stated in the Lease, including the email addresses, or serve them through a sworn bailiff.

Art. 27(5).

Optional

If the Lease is notarised or registered in the Land Register, the Tenant must vacate the Flat, together with family members and other persons moved in, because the term has expired or because the rent has not been paid in the amount set in the Lease, if the Landlord applies to the court for undisputed enforcement of the obligation under the Civil Procedure Law.

Keep it only together with a notarial deed or Land Register registration. Art. 8(3) allows the undisputed procedure only then.

Optional

The Parties agree to register the Tenant's lease rights in the Land Register. The Landlord files the corroboration request within 10 days of signing the Lease, and the Parties sign it before a notary or the court or with a secure electronic signature. After the Lease ends, the Landlord may request deletion of the lease rights.

Protects the tenant on a sale (art. 28) and is free of the office fee (art. 37). A court deletes the entry 6 months after the term ends (art. 41).

The Flat is handed over and accepted with a handover and acceptance report stating the condition of the Flat and equipment, the meter readings and the number of keys handed over. The report is an annex to the Lease.

The act allows the parties to draw up this report at the start and at the end (art. 8(4)). Without it, disputes over damage are hard to prove.

When the Lease ends, the Tenant and the persons moved in vacate the Flat and return it to the Landlord in the condition in which the Tenant received it, allowing for normal wear and tear. If the Tenant does not vacate the Flat on time, the Tenant compensates the Landlord for losses and pays compensation for the use of the Flat.

Art. 29(1) and (3).

The terms of the Lease may be changed by written agreement of the Parties. On matters the Lease does not cover, the Residential Tenancy Law and the Civil Law apply.

Art. 8(5) and art. 2(2).

The Lease is drawn up in Latvian in two copies, one for each Party, or signed with a secure electronic signature. Annexes: the handover and acceptance report; a copy of the building's energy certificate, if any.

The certificate is required to let a building in use, or a flat over 50 m² with its own energy or heat meter (Energy Performance of Buildings Law art. 7(1)).

Signature of the Landlord. Signature of the Tenant.

Each owner and each co-tenant signs.