Updating post from Reddit.
Hi, all
I am about to sign a tenancy agreement from a private landlord. There is 3 places for witness. 2 tenants and 1 for landlord. Do we need three separate witness or 1 can witness for all 3 of us. Towards the end it says WITNESS WHEREOF….
Witness :
Address : landlord sign
Witness.
Adresss: :Mr tenant sign
Witness.
Address : :Mrs Tenant sign
.
My landlord is travelling down to do this agreement and he doesn’t have any one , who can come to be his witness either.
I hardly know anyone who can be my other witness too . My cousin is coming down to sign for me.
I am bit worried I really need this house to move .
It is not mandatory to have Witnesses for these tenancy agreements. Good luck!
You can all have the same witness
Unless the contract (or part of it) is being signed as a deed (for example if you have a separate guarantor agreement) no witness is legally necessary. If you feel that bothered just go ask a neighbour for 5 mins of their time to witness the signatures - the benefit of that is that you know where they live.
It is an assured short hold tenancy .
Perhaps not mandatory but certainly a protection.
What protection? Against what by whom?
Perhaps you need to work out what a witness is for, then you'll be able to answer your own question.
I know exactly what a witness is for, but you clearly don’t, or you’d be aware that they are not required for an AST.
Hence the question.
I made no reference to AST's. My comment was on the general 'principle' of a witnessed document whether a requirement or not. Do your thinking on Tuesdays not Mondays, and a little broader.
The clue is in the title of the thread, twat.
And even the specific one you responded to. And the simple fact is that on the AST in question, nobody gains any ‘protection’ from the use of a witness .
Protection or safeguarding from fraud. You make a strange pointless arguement which indicates you're not a professional, and you're making yourself look stupid.
Guidance for you.
Ref: law copybook
"Witnesses We recommend that you and your tenant each sign the AST in the presence of a witness. It underlines the seriousness of signing a legal document and can also be useful in case of any disputes. However, it is not a legal requirement."
Please Keep it Civil
I made no reference to AST's. My comment was on the general 'principle' of a witnessed document whether a requirement or not. Do your thinking on Tuesdays not Mondays, and a little broader.
What this guy said.
There’s absolutely no requirement for a witness to a signature on an assured shorthold tenancy agreement to make it legally valid (assuming that indeed is what the document is). Probably just been added by a landlord with no legal expertise, to make it sound ‘important’.
My letting agent signed the witness for me as well I just asked them to be the witness