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A tenant estoppel certificate for a commercial lease in California. Fill in the facts and read the finished certificate as you type, then print it or save it as a Word file. Nothing you enter leaves your device.

The certificate

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Parties
What it's for
Premises
Lease and term

Each one with its date.

Rent and deposit

In dollars.

On a sale, a California landlord transfers the deposit to the buyer or returns it: Civil Code 1950.7.

Rights and open items

Renewal, termination, expansion, first refusal or offer, purchase.

Certificate

Tenant Estoppel Certificate

To: __________________ ("Requesting Party") and __________________ ("Landlord")

Premises: __________________, ______________________________

Date: __________________

The undersigned tenant, __________________ ("Tenant"), certifies to Requesting Party and Landlord as of the date above that:

1. The lease. Tenant leases __________________ (the "Premises") under a lease dated __________________ (together, the "Lease"). The Lease is the entire agreement between Landlord and Tenant for the Premises, and it is in full force and effect.

2. Term. The term began on __________________ and ends on __________________, unless extended or ended under the Lease.

3. Rent. Current monthly base rent is $____________. Rent has been paid through __________________. No rent has been paid more than one month in advance, except: ________________________.

4. Security deposit. Landlord holds a security deposit of $____________.

5. Options and rights. Tenant has these options or rights under the Lease: ________________________.

6. Defaults. To Tenant's knowledge, neither Landlord nor Tenant is in default under the Lease, except: ________________________.

7. Allowances and payments owed. Landlord owes Tenant no unpaid improvement allowance, credit or other payment, except: ________________________.

8. Operating costs. The most recent reconciliation of operating costs Tenant has received is for ______. Tenant disputes the following charges: ________________________.

9. Subordination. No subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreement has been requested from Tenant.

10. Guaranty. No one guarantees Tenant's obligations under the Lease.

11. Assignment and subletting. Tenant has not assigned the Lease or sublet any part of the Premises, except: ________________________.

12. Reliance. Tenant understands that __________________ ("Requesting Party") and its successors and assigns will rely on this certificate in connection with the purchase of the property.

Tenant

______________________________

By: ______________________________

Name: ____________________________

Title: _____________________________

Date: _____________________________

Count the days the lease allows.

How long the tenant has to sign comes from the lease. Enter the period and how the lease counts it.

When the signed certificate is dueRuns in your browser. Nothing you enter is sent anywhere.
The lease counts

Business days here skip Saturdays and Sundays. Holidays the lease names aren't skipped.

Due by

Sunday, October 11, 2026

That's a weekend. Read what the lease says about deadlines that fall on one.

The period, and how it is counted, come from the lease. Counted from the day after the request arrived.

Check these before anyone signs.

  • The rent and the paid-through date match the tenant's ledger.
  • The deposit matches the lease and the tenant's records.
  • Every amendment, side letter and extension is listed.
  • Options and their notice windows are stated as the lease has them.
  • Every exception is filled in: defaults, unpaid allowances and disputed charges the tenant knows of, or None where there are none.
  • The certificate's date and the requesting party are right.

If a statement isn't right, talk to counsel before changing it or signing. A lender or buyer may also send its own form, and the lease may say which form the tenant has to sign.

The deposit on a sale

When a California commercial property is sold, Civil Code 1950.7 has the landlord, within a reasonable time, either transfer the deposit, less lawful deductions, to the buyer and notify the tenant by personal delivery or certified mail, or return it, less lawful deductions, to the tenant.[1]

That is why buyers check the deposit amount in the certificate against the lease.

Estoppels drafted from the approved lease terms.

Cornerhold drafts each estoppel certificate from the lease's approved terms and the books: the rent, the deposit and what is owed. A person reviews and approves it before it is filed with the lease, and nothing is sent from there on its own.

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Checked October 2026 against official sources

Each statement above links to the official page it comes from. We read every one on October 25, 2026.

  1. 1
    Civil Code 1950.7

    Security deposits for nonresidential property, and when the rest comes back.

    leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, checked October 25, 2026

Change log

  • October 23, 2026First version.
  • October 25, 2026Checked the deposit statement against Civil Code 1950.7 again.

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