How to cover all the bases with a land rental agreement

This information presented in this article is in respect to Canadian common law. To learn more about written land rental agreements in the context of the Civil Code of Quebec, please read our article on this topic.

It doesn’t make sense to pay to use a piece of land, invest time and effort into raising a crop, and not even have a paper outlining an agreement with the owner.

Yet it’s something lawyer James Steele, of Robertson Stromberg LLP, says he sees repeatedly, as well as handshake agreements and handwritten rental deals. Across the country, none of these informal agreements are sufficient if there's a disagreement and the rental matter ends in court. Overall, having a written land rental agreement in place is a critical, yet often neglected, piece of farm business that could save both parties time and money if anything with the rental ever went wrong.

The foundations of a rental agreement

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