ABSTRACT
If someone wants to lease another person’s land for their farming, they are to acquire a farmstead in a proper and thorough manner with two discerning people as witnesses, and the more people are present, the better. And if they rent a piece of land from a landlord, they shall live there for the number of crop years (arðarmáli) for which they leased it to the knowledge of witnesses. Even though someone gives their land, uses it as payment for fees or sells or exchanges it, the person who leased it is to have their lease contract honoured. And if the landlord dies, the tenant is to retain the lease for one crop year afterwards, even though it was leased for very many years. And if a tenant dies, their heir is to have the lease for one crop year afterwards, even though it was leased for very many years. And a representative may not enter a lease contract for more than three years.
