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Walk It Through: The Month to Month

A lease that ran out, late fees on a small rent, a move to a new job, and thirty days counted from the rental date.

A yearlong lease ends and the tenant stays on, paying rent each month with no new lease.

Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.

A tenant who stays on after a lease ends. Breaking a fixed term lease early, a roomer paying by the week, and a landlord's notice to a tenant who will not leave are not worked through here.

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.