Spell Out Renewal Rent — Don't Rely on Boilerplate Language

Boilerplate renewal and amendment agreements typically contain language indicating that the tenant’s obligations under the original lease survive and become obligations under the new arrangement. But they may also include contradictory language saying that the new lease “supersedes” the previous one. And when you put these clauses together, it could jeopardize rent payment and other tenant obligations from the original lease that you want to continue but don’t expressly spell out in the new lease.