Tenant Estoppel Certificate
(Pro-Landlord) (FL)

Summary

This tenant estoppel certificate template documents and confirms the current status and key terms of a tenant's commercial lease of Florida real property. This template includes practical guidance, drafting notes, alternate clauses, and optional clauses. A tenant estoppel certificate may be a required closing delivery for a lender where the property being financed is leased to a tenant pursuant to a commercial lease (such as an office, retail, or industrial lease). In addition, a tenant estoppel certificate is often required from a purchaser as a closing delivery where the seller's property is leased to a tenant that will remain at the property after closing pursuant to a commercial lease. This tenant estoppel certificate is drafted from the landlord's perspective but also contains guidance for the tenant. This template should be tailored to reflect the details of the transaction (e.g., an estoppel certificate for a retail lease may require additional details on rent if the rent is based on a percentage of profits and an industrial lease may require additional disclosures regarding environmental concerns). If this tenant estoppel certificate is being delivered in connection with a sale of the property, the alternate clauses relating to a sale should be used, and those items that are specific to a financing should be deleted as indicated in the drafting notes to this template. For Florida commercial lease templates, see Office Lease Agreement (Long Form) (FL), Retail Lease Agreement (Long Form) (FL), and Retail Lease Agreement (Short Form) (Pro-Landlord) (FL).