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Co-signer

A person agreeing to specified lease or payment responsibilities alongside the tenant. The document determines the scope of the promise, occupancy rights, and any joint liability.

At a kitchen table, a landlord, a renter and a co-signer look at the lease and a second agreement in a folder
  1. The renter signs the lease
  2. The co-signer backs the rent
  3. Both sign before move-in

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