Room Rental Agreement in Louisiana

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 Louisiana law says

Renting a room in your own home (lodgers)	No lodger-specific article was identified. A room rented for agreed rent is a lease under the Civil Code (month to month if no term is agreed), and a person staying without rent by the owner's permission is an "occupant" who must receive a five-day written notice to vacate before an eviction suit. Source: La. C.C. arts. 2668, 2680; La. C.C.P. arts. 4702, 4704
Tenancy at will	Louisiana's Civil Code does not use the common-law tenancy at will. If the parties do not agree on a term, a residential lease is month to month, and either side ends it with notice at least 10 calendar days before the end of the month (30 days for terms longer than a month, 5 days for week-to-month terms). Non-paying occupants are handled by the separate five-day notice to vacate. Source: La. C.C. arts. 2680, 2728; La. C.C.P. art. 4702

Renting a room in your own home (lodgers)

No lodger-specific article was identified. A room rented for agreed rent is a lease under the Civil Code (month to month if no term is agreed), and a person staying without rent by the owner's permission is an "occupant" who must receive a five-day written notice to vacate before an eviction suit.

Source: La. C.C. arts. 2668, 2680; La. C.C.P. arts. 4702, 4704

Tenancy at will

Louisiana's Civil Code does not use the common-law tenancy at will. If the parties do not agree on a term, a residential lease is month to month, and either side ends it with notice at least 10 calendar days before the end of the month (30 days for terms longer than a month, 5 days for week-to-month terms). Non-paying occupants are handled by the separate five-day notice to vacate.

Source: La. C.C. arts. 2680, 2728; La. C.C.P. art. 4702

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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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