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receipt of keys

A receipt of keys is a document that acknowledges that the keys to a dwelling have been handed over by one party and received by another.

In plain English

This is a written confirmation of a key handover between two parties. It records that one party gave the dwelling keys and the other party received them.

In context

Here, the term is the title of the signed document acknowledging that the dwelling keys were handed over by one party and received by another.

Situation
Managing move-in, move-out, inventory, keys, deposits, and condition reports
What it communicates
titles the signed record confirming key handover.

Meaning limits

The term itself only covers acknowledgment of the handover and does not, on its own, say anything more about the parties' broader arrangement.

Examples

“At the apartment door, the landlord and tenant signed a receipt of keys.”

Core meaning

“The signed Receipt of Keys stayed in the tenant's file after the handover.”

In context