• How it was paid

  Cash, electronic funds transfer, money order, personal check or another way you describe.

• The amount and the date

  What was paid and when it was received, written as you want it to appear.

• The rental period

  The start and end dates the payment covers.

• The property and the parties

  The property's address, who received the rent and who paid it, with up to three tenants.

• A receipt number

  An optional number to help you track and organize payments.

• A place to sign

  A signature line for the person who received the rent.

• A lawyer reviews it before it is used

  Your answers are prepared into a draft and reviewed by a qualified lawyer, rather than handed back to you as a finished form.

A rent receipt is a short written record that rent was paid. It says how much was paid, when it was received, how it was paid, which rental period it covers, which property it is for, who paid and who received it.

This builder asks how the tenant paid (cash, electronic transfer, money order, personal check or another way), the amount, the date received, the rental period, the property, who received the rent (the landlord or a property manager) and who paid it (up to three tenants). You can add a receipt number, and say when the receipt is issued or leave that as a blank to fill in by hand.

The receipt records only what you give it. It does not say what a receipt must contain or what it proves, and what a landlord must provide depends on the lease and your state.

Not sure? Talk to an attorney about your situation first.

These are separate documents, for different jobs.

• Residential lease agreementsSet the terms for renting a home.View document
• Security-deposit agreementsSet how a security deposit is held and returned.View document
• Late-rent noticesNotify a tenant that rent is overdue.View document
• Lease amendment agreementsChange the terms of a lease already in place.View document

• Giving a tenant a receipt for a cash payment
• Keeping a record of each month's rent
• Showing that rent for a period was paid

• Residential lease agreementsSet the terms for renting a home.View document
• Commercial lease agreementsSet the terms for renting business premises.View document
• Roommate agreementsAgree how housemates share rent, bills and space.View document
• Short-term rental agreementSet the terms for letting a property to a guest for a short stay.View document