If an apartment complex e-mails a prospective tenant a lease and they change the terms, (i.e making an idemnity clause bi-lateral) and the tenant signs it, returns it, and the landlord then signs the printed contract with the changes is it valid. In other words tenant makes changes to the original, signs it, but does not verbally say changes were made.
Asked on 8/19/09, 8:26 pm
2 Answers from Attorneys
Michael Markowitz
Michael A. Markowitz, PC
Generally, the answer is yes. Changes made by the tenant are incorporated by the landlord with its signature.
Mike.
Answered on 8/25/09, 8:14 am
Walter LeVine
Walter D. LeVine, Esq.
I agree with Mike, unless the document contains language that no changes are acceptable and will not be recognized.
Answered on 8/25/09, 1:12 pm
