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Sublease

An arrangement where a tenant rents the unit, or part of it, to a third party while remaining responsible to the landlord under the original lease. It usually needs the landlord's written consent.

At a round table, a landlord, a tenant and a subtenant look at an agreement and keys, a suitcase by the window
  1. A tenant rents out their space
  2. The subtenant gets a key
  3. Get the landlord's OK first

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Cornell Legal Information Institute: leasehold

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