The state has issued guidance and forms for landlords and tenants to use during the eviction moratorium Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law last week.

The moratorium will last for 120 days, or until 45 days after Baker lifts the COVID-19 state of emergency. The law does not absolve tenants or homeowners from paying their rents or mortgages, but does protect them from paying late penalties as long as they demonstrate that their inability to pay during the crisis is due to a hardship caused by the pandemic.

If a residential or small business tenant is late with their monthly rent payment, a landlord is allowed to deliver a written notice to their tenant. However, the notice must prominently display several notifications, including, in all capitals, wording that reassures the tenant they are not being evicted.

The state Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development has also published a series of forms tenants are supposed to use to document their inability to pay rent in a given month. Tenants must file separate forms for each month in which they miss a rent payment within 30 days of the payment’s due date.

The state has also made forms available for landlords to use when notifying their tenants that they are dipping into the last month’s rent payment to fund repairs, mortgage payments or other activities covered under the moratorium.