Roommate Agreement in North Carolina

An agreement between roommates on rent shares, bills, chores and moving out. It is a contract between you — it does not change your lease with the landlord.

What North Carolina law says

Removing a roommate or subtenant	No roommate-specific statute. North Carolina's summary ejectment statute lets a landlord remove a tenant or lessee, and anyone claiming under them (assigns and legal representatives), who holds over without permission after demand, after the lease ends or after doing something that ends their right under the lease. Periodic tenancies are first ended with notice: 7 days for month-to-month, 2 days for week-to-week, one month for year-to-year. Notice periods: https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_42/GS_42-14.html. Whether a tenant can bring summary ejectment against a roommate depends on whether a landlord-tenant relationship exists between them. Source: N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 42-26(a), 42-14

Removing a roommate or subtenant

No roommate-specific statute. North Carolina's summary ejectment statute lets a landlord remove a tenant or lessee, and anyone claiming under them (assigns and legal representatives), who holds over without permission after demand, after the lease ends or after doing something that ends their right under the lease. Periodic tenancies are first ended with notice: 7 days for month-to-month, 2 days for week-to-week, one month for year-to-year.

Notice periods: https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_42/GS_42-14.html. Whether a tenant can bring summary ejectment against a roommate depends on whether a landlord-tenant relationship exists between them.

Source: N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 42-26(a), 42-14

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ROOMMATE AGREEMENT for [rental address]

Roommates: [roommate names]

Rent: total $[total rent] per month. Shares: [each roommate's share]. Each share is paid to [who pays the landlord] by [due date].

Security deposit paid by each roommate: [deposit shares]. When someone moves out, their share is returned [how and when].

Utilities and internet: [how bills are split and who holds each account].

Rooms and shared spaces: [who has which room; shared areas].

Cleaning and chores: [chore plan]. Quiet hours: [quiet hours]. Guests: [overnight guest limits].

Moving out: a roommate who leaves gives [notice period] written notice to the others and [finds a replacement approved by the landlord / pays their share until the lease ends].

Disputes: we will first try to talk it out, then [mediation or small claims court].

Signatures and dates: [signatures]

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