I was out of town when a tenant moved in. After reviewing our lease, I feel it is necessary to have them sign off on a statement that there were no damages when they moved in. Has anyone done this before? If so, do you have something you can copy and paste here for me?

@Kevin Feltner

You should always have the tenant fill out a move in condition report, and you should always have documentation of the property condition with photos and or video prior to a tenant moving in. The PM company I was at gave them a week to fill it out, but check local laws. There was a statement in the lease that should the tenant fail to fill that form out, the property was assumed to be defect free.

Hi @Kevin Feltner , depending on your lease this may or may not be necessary.  Most good leases have a clause that says that the tenant has accepted the property in as-is condition upon move-in (or by some deadline like move-in + 10 days).  

Otherwise you can always have a tenant fill out the Move-In Condition Report after the fact.  This would be my second choice in this scenario.