Legal Question in Real Estate Law in California
if i have multiple tenants and multiple co-signers signing a rental agreement, do they all have to sign the same copy of the agreement? in other words, all hardcopy signatures need to be one copy of the contract?
or can they all sign their own copy and send it in?
2 Answers from Attorneys
How many tenants are you talking about? I would think it's cleaner just to have one original copy where all the parties' signatures are on the signature page and have that original sent back to you. Then, you can send them individually each a copy.
Signing contracts this way is called "execution in counterparts" and, usually, when the contract drafters or negotiators have this in mind, they will include a clause in the contract saying that it may be executed in counterparts. However, I'm inclined to think most courts would find an agreement executed in counterparts perfectly enforceable even though it contained no specific provision so authorizing.
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