Malta Rental Agreement Generator

Article 6 of the Private Residential Leases Act doesn't suggest - it lists, and it sanctions. Every private residential lease made in writing shall include Cap. 604·Art. 6(1):

1. the tenement being leased,
2. the agreed use,
3. the period of the lease,
4. whether and how it can be extended,
5. the rent and how it is paid,
6. the amount deposited as security, and
7. a signed inventory attesting the condition of the tenement and of any furniture and appliances.

Miss one and the sanction is brutal: the agreement is null and void Cap. 604·Art. 6(2) - and the missing clause does not excuse the lessor from the registration obligation either. The generator above cannot produce a document without all seven.

The inventory is where most self-made leases fail since Act XX of 2024 tightened it. Three requirements, verbatim from the amended Article 6(1)(g): the inventory is signed by all parties; photographs must attest the condition "fully, clearly and unequivocally" and be accompanied by short descriptions; and it is required even where the tenement is let unfurnished.

That is exactly what the second tab of the generator builds: photos per room, a caption on every photo, signature lines for every party and initials on every page. It also happens to be your best evidence in a deposit dispute - the Adjudicating Panel resolves those against whatever the inventory shows.

The Act also writes some clauses for you and strikes others out. You may not charge anything beyond the rent, the deposit and actual consumption: no separate "fee" for the use of furniture, no fixed utility charge detached from real usage Cap. 604·Art. 7(1). Side agreements outside the registered written contract are void, and the tenant can reclaim anything paid under them Cap. 604·Art. 15.

The withdrawal rules are not yours to draft either - the lock-in and notice periods come from the law and step with your term (the generator inserts the right bracket automatically). You may only agree terms more favourable to the tenant than the statutory ones. For the dates themselves, the notice calculator lays out your lease's full timeline.