Is a cosigner notified when another occupant is added to a lease?

Question

I'm a college student who has just recently moved into an apartment (with the help of my mother as my cosigner). I'm planning on having my boyfriend move in with me in a month or so and get added to the lease...something I don't want my parents to catch wind of. So what I need to know is whether or not a landlord generally contacts the cosigner if another occupant moves in. If it makes any difference, the rent checks are made out in my name. Thanks for any help you can give me : )

Answer 1

If you are not mature enough to tell your mother you are shacking up then you are not mature enough to be in a relationship.

But that said, you need to ask your landlord what he will do.    Your bf needs a lease and your mother has the legal right to know because if you move out but BF stays, guess what?!   Mom gets to pay for him too.    I doubt most landlords bother though.

Answer 2

If your mother co-signed a lease for you, the landlord must notify her of any changes to the lease...such as adding an additional tenant.

Answer 3

Side note: if the landlord required you to have a co-signer then its logical that the landlord will require a full background check of your boyfriend but maybe also required to notify the co-signer of the potential new liability

Answer 4

The lease is a contract - and the contract will specify what has to happen for the contract to stay in force.

I highly doubt it will specify that the cosigner per say has to be informed.

However, how will you add someone to the lease without creating another lease?  Most leases either denote how to do that or force you to create a new one.

In the latter case, will the landlord accept a lease without your mother as co-signer?

Do you really want to be lying to your mother about this kind of thing?