
LEASE ASSIGNMENT REQUEST FORM
  
TO: ITHACA RENTING COMPANY 
119 Dryden Road, Ithaca, NY 14850 
607-272-3000   E-mail: 
 
For the Lease at: 
ADDRESS ___________________________
   
APT #______ ROOM # _____ Ithaca, NY 14850 
 
Original Tenant Name: ___________________             New Tenant Name: ____________________________ 
Permanent Home Address:   Permanent Home Address: 
Street: __________________________________  Street: __________________________________ 
City: _______________ State: ____ Zip: _______  City: _______________ State: ____ Zip: _______ 
Cell Phone: (_____)_________________________  Cell Phone: (_____)_________________________ 
E-mail: ________________________@cornell.edu  E-mail: ________________________@cornell.edu 
 
RULES FOR LEASE ASSIGNMENT 
 
1.  Please contact Ithaca Renting Company to make an appointment to complete the paperwork for a Lease 
Assignment. 
2.  This request form, containing the original signatures of the Tenant making the request, the prospective New 
Tenant, and all of the other Tenants of the apartment, must be completed and delivered to Ithaca Renting 
Company in person, by mail, or by electronic copy. 
3.  It is the responsibility of the Tenant making this request to fully complete this form, including securing the written 
consents of all of the other Tenants of the apartment to the Lease Assignment. 
4.  No entry into the apartment by the New Tenant earlier than the lease commencement date is allowed. No 
extension of occupancy by the New Tenant after the lease end date is allowed. These dates are contained in the 
Lease. 
5.  If this Lease Assignment is for a Studio or Bedroom, it is for single occupancy only. There are no exceptions. For 
2 bedroom or larger apartments: the assignment is for the room named above ONLY. The New Tenant does not 
have permission to enter or use any bedroom other than the one named above. 
6.  The New Tenant must be a Cornell student. 
7.  A Lease Assignment that does not comply with these requirements may be grounds for eviction of the Subtenant 
or the Tenant. 
8.  If there is more than one Tenant on the Lease, then the written consents of all the Tenants in the apartment is 
required. The Landlord is not responsible for obtaining these consents. Note: Tenant should ask Ithaca Renting 
Company to check the Advance Consent Form for this apartment. 
 
LEASE ASSIGNMENT 
 
(Original Tenant under the Lease will be replaced by a New Tenant) 
 
Original Tenant Name: __________________ assigns his/her interest under the above described Lease
 
to  New 
Tenant Name: ___________________. The New Tenant accepts this assignment. The New
 
Tenant has read the 
Lease  and  the  Booklet  entitled  “Ithaca  Renting  Company:  Landlord’s  Rules  for
 
Tenants.”    If  the  Landlord 
approves the Lease  Assignment, the New Tenant agrees to be bound by all
 
of the terms and conditions of the 
Lease as a Tenant. 
 
If the Landlord, in writing, approves the Lease Assignment, the Lease Assignment shall become
 
effective 
and  the  Original Tenant shall  be  released  from  all  obligations  under the  Lease, and the  New
 
Tenant shall  be 
substituted for the Original Tenant.
 
 
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