Repair Request
A repair request is a maintenance request aimed at one broken thing you want fixed, with the date you first reported it. Use it when a first request was ignored and you need a dated paper. It is not a repair-and-deduct notice and it does not let you withhold rent. Those steps, where they exist, follow state rules and usually require their own notice. Say what you already told the landlord and when. Attach a photo note. Keep a copy.
For a tenant following up on a repair. When: after a first report, or when you want the first report in writing.
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Repair Request
Tenant
Item
Entry
Signature
Signature
Date
Why this form exists, and what it will not do
Repair Request is for a tenant following up on a repair. The moment to use it: after a first report, or when you want the first report in writing. It sits in the Housing and rentals group on Papero. Applications, inspections, receipts, and letters for tenants and small landlords.
Fill it in this browser. Papero does not create an account, does not upload the answers, and does not keep a copy after you close the tab. When the preview looks right, print it or download a PDF. The PDF is built on your device. A blank download leaves the lines empty so someone else can fill them by hand.
Work through the page in order. The Tenant section asks for Name and phone, Unit address. The Item section asks for What needs repair, First reported on, How you reported it then. The Entry section asks for Permission to enter.
Name and phone. How to reach you. Unit address. The rental. What needs repair. One item, described so a vendor can find it.
First reported on. The earlier date, or today if this is the first report. How you reported it then. Call, text, email, or this is the first notice. Permission to enter. Call first, or enter if you are out.
People send this back, or refuse it, for ordinary reasons. You withhold rent because you sent this page. You do not say when you first reported it. The item is a tenant alteration the lease put on you. Read the finished page once as if you were the person receiving it. If a line would make you call back, fill that line.
Sign on the Signature and Date line. A typed name in the signature spot is weaker than ink on a printed page. Date it the day you sign, not the day you hope the other person signs.
What this page cannot do: This is not a lease, not a court filing, and not a city-mandated disclosure. Many cities add rent rules, just-cause eviction rules, and security-deposit deadlines on top of state law. Housing built before 1978 usually needs the federal lead-paint disclosure; this page does not replace that pamphlet or that signature. If a landlord hands you a portal or a paper packet, use theirs. Papero is not a law firm, not a government agency, and not the office that will accept or reject the paper.
State note for your state. Repair Request does not contain your state's required clauses, font size, language, or filing fee. Counties and cities inside your state sometimes add their own rule on top of the state. Before you rely on this for a lease, a school, a court, a bank, or an agency, compare it with the form that office publishes. If the office has no form, this template is a clear record of what you wrote and what you signed on this date.
After you print, use dark ink. Write "not applicable" on a line that does not apply, so a clerk does not treat a blank as a missing fact. Initial a correction beside the line. Do not cover a dollar amount with correction fluid. Each person who has a signature line signs their own name. One person cannot sign for another unless a statutory power of attorney, on the form that office accepts, already says so. Give the other party a copy the same day. On your copy, note the date and whether you handed it over, mailed it, or uploaded it to their portal. Attach copies of supporting papers, not your only original, unless the office demanded the original. Do not attach a Social Security card, a passport image, or a bank statement unless the recipient told you to, and then only in person or through their secure portal. Email is a common way those images are stolen. If the recipient is a government office, stop and use the form on that office's own site. Papero does not transmit this page, does not notarize it, and does not store it.
Keep a copy. Give the other party a copy. If you later change a fact, fill the form again and date the new copy. Do not scribble a second story into the margin of a page someone already signed. Write the date you handed it over, and how, on your own copy.
Before you rely on it
- You withhold rent because you sent this page.
- You do not say when you first reported it.
- The item is a tenant alteration the lease put on you.
This is not a lease, not a court filing, and not a city-mandated disclosure. Many cities add rent rules, just-cause eviction rules, and security-deposit deadlines on top of state law. Housing built before 1978 usually needs the federal lead-paint disclosure; this page does not replace that pamphlet or that signature. If a landlord hands you a portal or a paper packet, use theirs.
How to fill and print it
- Fill the lines. Type into the Repair Request in this browser. Write "not applicable" on a line that does not apply. What you type stays in this tab and is not uploaded.
- Check the preview. The boxed preview is the page that prints. Read it once as the person who will receive the paper.
- Print or download. Use Print, or download a filled PDF or a blank PDF. The file is built on your device.
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Questions
What is a Repair Request used for?
A repair request is a maintenance request aimed at one broken thing you want fixed, with the date you first reported it.
Who should use this Repair Request?
It is for a tenant following up on a repair. Use it when after a first report, or when you want the first report in writing.
Does this Repair Request need a notary?
No. This Repair Request has no notary block. Sign the Signature, Date line in ink on the printed page if you are handing it to someone.
Will a Repair Request from Papero be accepted?
You withhold rent because you sent this page. This is not a lease, not a court filing, and not a city-mandated disclosure. Many cities add rent rules, just-cause eviction rules, and security-deposit deadlines on top of state law. Housing built before 1978 usually needs the federal lead-paint disclosure; this page does not replace that pamphlet or that signature. If a landlord hands you a portal or a paper packet, use theirs.
What gets a Repair Request sent back?
You withhold rent because you sent this page. You do not say when you first reported it. The item is a tenant alteration the lease put on you.