Sublease Agreement in Louisiana

For a tenant renting their unit, or part of it, to a subtenant. Most leases require the landlord's written consent first — get it, and attach it.

What Louisiana law says

Subletting rules	The tenant may sublease and either party may assign or encumber its rights unless the lease expressly prohibits it. In a lease of immovable property, a clause prohibiting any one of subleasing, assigning or encumbering is deemed to prohibit the others unless a contrary intent is expressed; otherwise, such restrictions are strictly construed against the landlord. A subtenant or assignee gets no greater rights than the tenant to use the property. Article 2713 was amended and article 2713.1 added by Acts 2026, No. 240. The statute does not set a reasonableness standard for refusing consent when the lease requires consent. Subtenant rights: https://legis.la.gov/Legis/Law.aspx?d=1483422. Source: La. C.C. arts. 2713, 2713.1

Subletting rules

The tenant may sublease and either party may assign or encumber its rights unless the lease expressly prohibits it. In a lease of immovable property, a clause prohibiting any one of subleasing, assigning or encumbering is deemed to prohibit the others unless a contrary intent is expressed; otherwise, such restrictions are strictly construed against the landlord. A subtenant or assignee gets no greater rights than the tenant to use the property.

Article 2713 was amended and article 2713.1 added by Acts 2026, No. 240. The statute does not set a reasonableness standard for refusing consent when the lease requires consent. Subtenant rights: https://legis.la.gov/Legis/Law.aspx?d=1483422.

Source: La. C.C. arts. 2713, 2713.1

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SUBLEASE AGREEMENT

Tenant (sublessor): [tenant name] Subtenant: [subtenant name]

Property: [rental address]. Original lease with [landlord name] dated [original lease date], which this sublease follows.

Sublease term: [start date] to [end date] (not later than the original lease ends).

Rent: $[sublease rent] per month, paid to [who is paid] by [due day]. Deposit: $[subtenant deposit].

The subtenant agrees to follow all rules of the original lease. The tenant remains responsible to the landlord.

Landlord consent: [attached / landlord name and date consent was given].

Signatures and dates: [signatures]

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