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Lawn Care Service Agreement Template

Free, no-signup lawn care contract template: fill the fields in your browser and print or download an editable Word agreement with a no-auto-renewal term, scope menu, late-fee line, and dual sign-off.

Parties

Fill at minimum your business name, the client, the service address, and the rate.

Property

Where the work is performed. Defaults to the client address when left blank.

Term

Defaults to 12 months from the effective date.

Services
Scope of work

The work this agreement does not cover, or that is charged extra.

Price & payment

Per-visit or hourly; descriptive only — price your job in lawn-care-pricing.

Rate unit

Stated in the contract; see invoice-late-fee for the math.

Responsibilities & liability

The coverage the landscaper carries; appears in the landscaper-responsibilities clause.

Termination

Industry default is 30 days' written notice; editable.

Optional — the clause line is suppressed when this is 0.

Governing law / ADR
Options

Include only if you are a 1099 sub, not a direct provider (per LawDistrict).

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Edit the fields — the agreement updates live. Download the Word file, or print / save as PDF when ready.

Lawn Care Service Agreement

    Landscaper signature Printed name ____________ Date ____________
    Client signature Printed name ____________ Date ____________

    This template is a starting point and is not legal advice; have it reviewed for your jurisdiction.

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    How this template works

    A lawn care service agreement is the governing document between you and a recurring client: it sets the scope, the term, the price, and what happens on cancellation — distinct from a quote (which proposes a price) or an invoice (which bills completed work). Fill the fields and the document updates live across all 17 clauses. Every blank you leave falls back to a bracketed placeholder, so the agreement is usable before you've typed anything.

    This template does no math. The rate, late-fee percent, and insurance amount are descriptive contract text — they are echoed into the clauses exactly as you enter them, never computed against a balance. Two quality markers the strongest templates include and amateurs forget are pre-written for you:

    • No automatic renewal. The Term clause states plainly that the agreement does not automatically renew.
    • A late-fee line. The Price & Payment clause carries a stated late fee (defaulting to 1.5% per month) for overdue balances.

    The scope menu lets you check the lawn tasks you provide (mowing and edging are checked by default); the checked items become the numbered scope lines. The independent-contractor clause block is off by default — turn it on only if you are a 1099 subcontractor rather than a direct provider. The two signature lines are signed offline. Nothing you enter is saved, and no money moves — this is a contract document, not a billing engine. It is a starting point, not legal advice; have it reviewed for your jurisdiction.

    You just landed a recurring residential client and need a contract you can put your name and price on today — without paying a lawyer or signing up for a field-service platform. This generator builds one in your browser: no signup, no email wall, nothing saved to a server. Fill the fields and an editable Word file (plus print and PDF) is one click away.

    A lawn care service agreement is the document that governs the relationship — the scope, the term, the price, and what happens on cancellation. It is complementary to the tools around it, not a duplicate: a quote proposes a price, an invoice bills completed work, and this agreement sits between them as the governing contract.

    The clauses the strong templates include — and amateurs forget

    The document carries the canonical seventeen-clause sequence, from Parties and Property through Indemnity, Governing Law, and a clean Signature page. Two quality markers are pre-written for you:

    The scope menu lets you check the lawn tasks you provide — mowing, edging, weed control, fertilization, aeration, seeding, leaf cleanup, pest/disease — plus a free-text exclusions line for the work you charge extra for. Mowing and edging are checked by default. The Price & Payment clause holds your billing basis as plain text, so a per-visit rate or a level monthly figure reads the same way to the client — write whichever you bill, plus any skip-week or weather policy, in your own words.

    What it is — and isn’t

    The rate, late-fee percent, and insurance amount are descriptive contract text, not a billing engine — they are echoed into the clauses exactly as you enter them, never computed against a balance. To actually price a job, use lawn care pricing; for the late-fee math, see invoice late fee.

    Nothing is stored: there is no saved-contract list, no customer database, and no e-signature of record — parties sign the printed copy offline. The independent-contractor clause block (status, licenses, taxes) is off by default; turn it on only if you are a 1099 subcontractor rather than a direct provider.

    This template is a starting point and is not legal advice; have it reviewed for your jurisdiction.

    Frequently asked questions

    Can I pause this lawn agreement over the winter instead of cancelling it?
    Yes. The Term clause lets you state your service window — say a spring-to-fall season — and because the agreement is pre-written so it does not auto-renew, the season simply ends rather than silently rolling into the next year. If you also plow that client's driveway in the off-season, keep it on a separate snow removal contract rather than stretching one document across two trades.
    Does the agreement support a flat monthly price, or only per-visit billing?
    Either. The Price & Payment clause is descriptive text, so you can write a per-cut rate, a level monthly amount that spreads the cost across the season, or both — as long as you name the basis. Settle the recurring figure with recurring pricing and your per-job number with lawn care pricing, then echo whichever you pick into the clause exactly as written; the template never computes a balance for you.
    How should I handle weeks that rain forces me to skip, or grass that overgrows between cuts?
    Spell out your skip-and-reschedule rule in the exclusions line before the season starts — whether a rained-out week is pushed to the next dry day or credited, and whether tall, overgrown turf after a missed week is billed as an extra pass. The free-text room is there for exactly this; the template states your policy but does not enforce any credit math, so keep the wording plain and consistent with how you actually invoice.
    What stops a client from assuming fertilization or aeration is included in the mowing price?
    The scope menu — mowing and edging are checked by default — together with the exclusions line is where you draw that boundary: check only the tasks the recurring price covers and list the add-ons (fertilization, aeration, seeding, leaf cleanup) as separately quoted. When a client later wants one of those mid-season, record it with a change order instead of quietly widening the original scope.

    Sources

    1. Lawn Service & Landscaping Agreement Template. Signaturely. Retrieved .
    2. Lawn Care Independent Contractor Agreement. LawDistrict. Retrieved .
    3. Lawn Care Contract Template. PDF Expert. Retrieved .

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