Check Your Understanding: Removal and Restoration Obligations

Generally speaking, most leases provide that all fixtures, partitions and like installations installed in a tenant’s space by the tenant, or the landlord on behalf of the tenant, shall thereafter become the landlord’s property and remain on the premises after the tenant vacates, unless landlord notifies the tenant otherwise.

Due to the tenant’s responsibility to remove its wiring and cabling in most instances, upon installation, a tenant should tag the wiring and cables as belonging to them.