Walk It Through: The Lease Fine Print
Waivers a dwelling lease cannot hold, and other statutory rights waived only if the lease came before possession.
A tenant's lease says the tenant gives up the security deposit rules and lets the landlord enter at any time.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One tenant and one lease. Whether a particular clause is enforceable, and what follows when a landlord relies on a void one, are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.