Utah Rental Lease Agreement Templates

1.) Move-In Checklist: At the beginning of a leasing term, the landlord is required to furnish a checklist for the tenant to evaluate the condition of the premises. The tenant will then assess any issues, indicate them in the sheet, and return to the landlord within seven days (§ 57-22-4).

2.) Lead-Based Paint (42 U.S. Code § 4852d): Federal legislation calls that for any property constructed before 1979, the landlord must include written warning of any risk of lead-based paint within the domicile to prospective tenants. An indication in the lease agreement must be stated and accompanying literature distributed to all individuals entering into the agreement.

Grace Period: In Utah, rent is due on the date in the lease; however, leases can include a grace period.
Unpaid Rent: Utah landlords use a 3-day notice to pay or quit to prompt payment whenever tenants are delinquent (UC § 78B-6-802(1)(c)).

Utah limits the late fee a landlord applies to the greater of  10% of the rent or $75, accordingly (UC § 57-22-4(5)).

Landlords must mail a 15-day notice to the tenant, which:

• Allows them to collect to a $20 fee for the bad check as well as the original check amount
• Enables the landlord to require a $35 fee in addition to the rent amount if the tenant ignores the notice (UC § 7-15-1(2)(b), (UC § 7-15-1(4)).

Utah has no mandates dictating how much landlords can request as a security deposit in order to enter the lease.

Returning to Tenant: Landlords have 30 days to return the security; otherwise, tenants serve a 5-Day Tenant’s Notice to Provide Deposit Disposition accordingly (UC § 57-17-2), (UC § 57-17-3).
Itemized List: Landlords provide a cost sheet of deductions as a matter of good practice as well as to remain legally compliant (UC § 57-17-3(2)(c)).

Standard Entry: Generally, the law requires landlords to give 24-hour notice before seeking entry since they must gain tenant consent (UC § 57-22-4(2)).
Emergency Entry: While landlords always seek consent to enter, during an emergency, they do not need it to access the property (UC § 57-22-4(2)).

Landlords assess the current circumstances in order to decide upon abandonment:

• If the tenant’s property is still present; however, their rent is 15 days late and it is reasonable to assume abandonment, the landlord may do so.
• If the tenant’s property is no longer on the premises and there is evidence they will not return (e.g., missing car, utility shut-offs), the landlord may assume abandonment when rent is one day late (UC § 78B-6-815).

Tenants may repair and deduct if the landlord does not cure the issue within 10 calendar days of receiving notice; however, they:

• Must provide receipts of all work done within 5 (calendar) days of the rent’s due date
• May not use more than 2 months’ rent in one lease term (UC § 57-22-6(4)(a)(ii)).

Duty to Mitigate: Utah landlords must re-rent the property at a fair rate within a reasonable period whenever a tenant abandons the premises (UC § 78B-6-816).
Domestic Violence: Tenants terminate with notice and are able to name the date of termination; however:

• A formal court order or police report must accompany the notice
• The tenant must pay a 1-month rent termination fee
• The termination occurs within 15 days of the notice date
• Each day they are in the premises is applicable to the tenant’s rent debt in addition to the 1-month termination fee (UC § 57-22-5.1(5)).

Active Military: The federal government mandates landlords accept a tenant (or their dependents) early termination whenever they are in the military and must comply with assignment orders (50 USC 3955).
Landlord Noncompliance: Tenants engage the rent abatement remedy that begins with a 10-day notice of deficient condition that the tenant serves.
Landlord Harassment: Tenants issue a 10-day notice of deficient conditions under the rent abatement remedy while;

• Explicitly stating the exact violations of the Utah Fit Premises Act and calling for their cessation
• Waiting ten days after issuing the notice to give the landlord the opportunity to cure
• They may only vacate 10 days after the 10-day notice concludes (UC § 57-22-4).

Utah considers oral leases fully enforceable, specifically for a period of one year (after which they must be in writing) (UC § 57-20-1).

Utah’s legislature explicitly forbids its counties from enacting rent control laws without state consent (UC § 57-20-1).

Utah requires landlords to issue a 15-day notice to tenants regarding their property (US § 78B-6-816).

The specifics regarding lessee and lessor involvement in the leasing of real estate is thoroughly circumstantiated within the Utah Code Title 57 Real Estate.