Room Rental Agreement in New Hampshire

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 New Hampshire law says

Renting a room in your own home (lodgers)	New Hampshire's eviction chapter (RSA 540) does not treat occupants of a single-family home without a lease that is the owner's primary residence as 'tenants', and the chapter does not apply to them. Rooms in rooming or boarding houses rented to transient guests for fewer than 90 consecutive days are also excluded. A 'non-rental owner' keeps common-law remedies, including self-help, against an unauthorized occupant. Units in an owner-occupied building of four or fewer units are 'nonrestricted' property, where a tenancy can be ended without cause (RSA 540:1-a, I; 540:2, I). Source: RSA 540:1-a, IV(a), (d); RSA 540-A:4, II-a
Tenancy at will	New Hampshire's eviction statutes do not use the term 'tenancy at will'. For nonrestricted property, the owner may end any tenancy by a written notice to quit given to the tenant or occupant; for residential tenancies, 30 days' notice is sufficient in all cases (7 days for nonpayment and certain other grounds). Source: RSA 540:2, I; RSA 540:3, II

Renting a room in your own home (lodgers)

New Hampshire's eviction chapter (RSA 540) does not treat occupants of a single-family home without a lease that is the owner's primary residence as 'tenants', and the chapter does not apply to them. Rooms in rooming or boarding houses rented to transient guests for fewer than 90 consecutive days are also excluded. A 'non-rental owner' keeps common-law remedies, including self-help, against an unauthorized occupant.

Units in an owner-occupied building of four or fewer units are 'nonrestricted' property, where a tenancy can be ended without cause (RSA 540:1-a, I; 540:2, I).

Source: RSA 540:1-a, IV(a), (d); RSA 540-A:4, II-a

Tenancy at will

New Hampshire's eviction statutes do not use the term 'tenancy at will'. For nonrestricted property, the owner may end any tenancy by a written notice to quit given to the tenant or occupant; for residential tenancies, 30 days' notice is sufficient in all cases (7 days for nonpayment and certain other grounds).

Source: RSA 540:2, I; RSA 540:3, II

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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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