Walk It Through: The Month to Month Move
Notice before the rental date, a move out, things left behind, and the deposit.
A month to month tenant decides to move. Rent is due on the first.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
Ending a month to month tenancy. A fixed term lease ended early, a week to week tenancy's seven days, and a holdover are on the moving out page.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Security depositMoney a landlord holds against unpaid rent and damage, no more than one month's periodic rent except for pets, changes to the premises or increased liability risks.
- AbandonmentA tenant leaving the unit, which lets the landlord enter and relet it; a unit counts as abandoned once its electric service has been off for seven consecutive days.