Walk It Through: The Lease That Renewed Itself
An automatic renewal clause, no reminder from the landlord, and a lease that became month to month.
A lease for a year has a clause renewing it for another year unless the tenant opts out.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
An automatic renewal clause in a residential lease of a year. A commercial lease, a lease under two months, and a renewal with a rent increase 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.