Room Rental Agreement in Georgia

For renting a room in a home, including your own home. Some states treat a renter in the owner's home (a lodger) differently when ending the arrangement — see your state's household rules.

What Georgia law says

Renting a room in your own home (lodgers)	No separate lodger rule in the official guidance reviewed. A landlord-tenant relationship exists when an owner grants someone the right to possess and use real estate, for a fixed time or at the owner's will, even without charging rent. A room renter whose agreement bars visitors, alterations or coming and going at certain hours is less likely to be a tenant; one who pays rent and lives there as a primary residence is more likely to be. Source: O.C.G.A. § 44-7-1(a); Georgia Landlord-Tenant Handbook, p. 3
Tenancy at will	Where no end date is specified, the tenancy is a tenancy at will. The landlord must give 60 days' notice, and the tenant 30 days' notice, to end it. Rent changes for a tenancy at will also require 60 days' notice. Official code not freely readable online; text verified on a public code mirror (code year 2024). Source: O.C.G.A. §§ 44-7-6, 44-7-7; Georgia Landlord-Tenant Handbook, p. 13

Renting a room in your own home (lodgers)

No separate lodger rule in the official guidance reviewed. A landlord-tenant relationship exists when an owner grants someone the right to possess and use real estate, for a fixed time or at the owner's will, even without charging rent. A room renter whose agreement bars visitors, alterations or coming and going at certain hours is less likely to be a tenant; one who pays rent and lives there as a primary residence is more likely to be.

Source: O.C.G.A. § 44-7-1(a); Georgia Landlord-Tenant Handbook, p. 3

Tenancy at will

Where no end date is specified, the tenancy is a tenancy at will. The landlord must give 60 days' notice, and the tenant 30 days' notice, to end it. Rent changes for a tenancy at will also require 60 days' notice.

Official code not freely readable online; text verified on a public code mirror (code year 2024).

Source: O.C.G.A. §§ 44-7-6, 44-7-7; Georgia Landlord-Tenant Handbook, p. 13

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ROOM RENTAL AGREEMENT

Owner/landlord: [owner name] Renter: [renter name]

Room: [room description] in the home at [home address]. Shared areas the renter may use: [shared areas].

Term: begins [start date]; [ends on end date / continues month to month].

Rent: $[monthly rent] due on [due day] by [payment method]. Deposit: $[deposit amount].

Utilities included: [utilities included]. House rules: [house rules, e.g. guests, kitchen use, smoking].

Ending the agreement: either side gives at least [notice period] written notice, and never less than state law requires.

Signatures and dates: [signatures]

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