Tenant estoppel certificates clarify lease details for third parties during property sales or refinancing. Tenants may be legally required to comply with estoppel certificate requests, depending ...

An estoppel certificate from existing tenants is an important step in a landlord's property sale process. "Obtaining a signed estoppel from tenants before selling a property avoids issues down the ...

Q: I own a single-family home that has current tenants (their lease is almost up), and I’m selling it. My lawyer gave me a paper called an estoppel certificate, and asked me to give it to the ...

An estoppel certificate is a document, typically presented to and executed by a commercial tenant in which, in connection with the landlord’s refinancing or sale of the building, the tenant is asked ...

A recent California case highlights the unreliability of tenant estoppel letters. Frequently, purchasers and lenders will condition their deals on receiving tenant estoppel letters setting forth ...

The legal document tenants and landlords trade routinely when a property is going to be sold or refinanced is too important to get anything less than a careful review. Don't take estoppel certificates ...

Jeffrey B. Steiner, a member of DLA Piper LLP (US), and Zachary Samton, counsel to the firm, write that the number of acceptable estoppel certificates that must be obtained prior to closing is ...