SSB 5840 — Concerning leases.

What this bill does

Provides that a conveyance of real estate by a lease under the general real estate statute of frauds does not require acknowledgment, witness, or seal, unless the lease is recorded. Provides that a recorded lease requires acknowledgment of the lessee's and lessor's signatures on the lease and memorandum of lease. Removes recognition of leases with terms less than one year for year-to-year (periodic) tenancies under the general real estate statute of frauds, and maintains consistency with leases under the Residential Landlord-Tenant statute of frauds.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 27, 2024
  95 yea · 0 nay · 3 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 2, 2024
  49 yea · 0 nay

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