No app. No PDF email. No DocuSign account. Tenants tap the link, read the lease, and sign with a finger. Legally binding under ESIGN Act and UETA.
SMS gets read. Email goes to spam, promotions tabs, or "I'll deal with it later."
Tenants don't need DocuSign, Adobe Sign, or anything. Just their phone's browser.
Drawn signatures right on the touchscreen. Works on any iOS or Android.
Roommates, co-signers, guarantors — each signs in order.
Identity, timestamp, IP, and intent are captured for every signature.
Unlimited e-signatures. No per-envelope or per-document fees.
Yes. The federal E-SIGN Act (2000) and the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA) (adopted by 49 states) make electronic signatures legally equivalent to handwritten ones for residential leases. New York uses its own statute that reaches the same result. Rentlane captures the legally required elements — signer identity, intent, timestamp, IP, and a tamper-evident final PDF — so the signed lease is enforceable. Full legal requirements →
Yes. Electronic signatures on residential leases can be legally binding under the federal E-SIGN Act and the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA). Rentlane uses DocuSeal to capture signer identity, timestamp, IP, and intent for the audit trail.
No. Tenants tap the SMS link, the lease opens in their phone's browser, they read it, and they sign with their finger. No app store, no account, no PDF email. Works on any iOS or Android phone.
As many as you need. Two tenants, four roommates, a co-signer — each signer gets their own SMS and signs in order. The lease isn't fully executed until everyone has signed.
Add them as additional signers on the lease. Each one gets their own SMS link and signs separately. The final executed PDF includes every signature with its timestamp.
Yes — upload your PDF lease (or use one of our state-aware templates), drop signature fields onto it, and send. You keep full control of the document.
It's included in Rentlane at $9/mo with unlimited signatures — there's no per-document fee. Compare that to DocuSign at $25/mo with a 100-envelope annual cap on most plans.
Emailing a PDF makes the tenant find a printer, sign, scan, and send it back. SMS signing puts the lease on their phone, lets them sign with a finger, and gives both of you a court-ready audit trail automatically.
Everything below is part of the same $9/mo plan — built for small landlords who want one tool that just works.
Upload, drop signature fields, text, done. early access. Unlimited signatures included in $9/mo.
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