Indiana Lease Agreement: What to Include

A Indiana residential lease needs to reflect this state's actual rules on security deposits, entry notice, late fees, and required disclosures — not a generic template written for a different state. The figures below come from Indiana's residential landlord-tenant statute; where the state sets no fixed number, that's stated plainly rather than glossed over, since "the state doesn't specify" is itself something you need to know.

Security deposit

Security deposit limit: No statewide statutory limit. Indiana does not require interest on held deposits. Return deadline after move-out: 45 Days.

Entry notice, late fees, and rent increases

Entry notice: Reasonable notice; no fixed statutory hours. Late fees: No statewide fixed cap; should be reasonable and stated in lease; no statewide grace period requirement. Rent increase notice for month-to-month tenancies: 30 days. (Entry notice citation: Ind. Code § 32-31-5-6.)

Required disclosures

A Indiana lease should include or accompany:

• • Federal lead-based paint
• • smoke detector acknowledgement where applicable

Eviction notice for nonpayment

For nonpayment of rent, Indiana's standard notice period is 10 days. This is the minimum notice before you can move to the next step in the eviction process — actual court timelines run longer once a case is filed. (Eviction notice citation: Ind. Code § 32-31-1-6 (10 days).)

What actually distinguishes Indiana

Indiana sets no statewide statutory cap on the security deposit amount — the lease itself is what controls how much you can charge, so put the amount and any pet/move-in fees in writing.

Indiana requires reasonable notice; no fixed statutory hours notice before a landlord enters an occupied unit for routine, non-emergency purposes.

Sources and the bottom line

The figures above reflect Indiana's residential landlord-tenant statute as summarized on LeasePilot HQ's Indiana landlord-tenant law page, which lists the specific sources behind each number. Security deposit rules specifically are codified at Ind. Code § 32-31-3 (no statutory cap on amount), with the return deadline set by Ind. Code § 32-31-3-12 (45 days). Primary and cross-reference sources used in compiling this page:

• • https://ipropertymanagement.com/laws/security-deposits
• • https://www.justia.com/real-estate/landlord-tenant/information-for-landlords/right-of-entry/
• • https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-landlord-tenant-laws

State landlord-tenant law changes through legislative sessions and court decisions — treat the numbers above as a starting point, verify against Indiana's current statute (linked above) before relying on them for an actual lease, and see LeasePilot HQ's full Indiana landlord-tenant law summary for the complete breakdown, or generate a lease with Indiana-specific clauses built in automatically.