Room Rental Agreement in Nebraska

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 Nebraska law says

Renting a room in your own home (lodgers)	No separate lodger statute. Nebraska's landlord-tenant act has no exclusion for lodgers or roomers; it defines a 'roomer' as a person in a unit lacking a major bathroom or kitchen facility and treats a roomer who pays weekly rent as a week-to-week tenant when there is no fixed term. Source: Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 76-1408, 76-1410(15), 76-1414(4)
Tenancy at will	Nebraska's landlord-tenant act does not use the term 'tenancy at will'. If a rental agreement fixes no definite term, the tenancy is week-to-week for a roomer paying weekly rent and month-to-month in all other cases. A month-to-month tenancy ends with written notice at least 30 days before the rental date named in the notice; week-to-week with at least 7 days' written notice. Source: Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 76-1414(4), 76-1437

Renting a room in your own home (lodgers)

No separate lodger statute. Nebraska's landlord-tenant act has no exclusion for lodgers or roomers; it defines a 'roomer' as a person in a unit lacking a major bathroom or kitchen facility and treats a roomer who pays weekly rent as a week-to-week tenant when there is no fixed term.

Source: Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 76-1408, 76-1410(15), 76-1414(4)

Tenancy at will

Nebraska's landlord-tenant act does not use the term 'tenancy at will'. If a rental agreement fixes no definite term, the tenancy is week-to-week for a roomer paying weekly rent and month-to-month in all other cases. A month-to-month tenancy ends with written notice at least 30 days before the rental date named in the notice; week-to-week with at least 7 days' written notice.

Source: Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 76-1414(4), 76-1437

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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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