Lease is ending in Tennessee
Tennessee landlord guide to fixed-term expiration, URLTA week-to-week and month-to-month termination, lease clauses, and holdover next steps.
What the Tennessee tool checks
- Check the rental agreement's renewal and termination language before applying a statutory default.
- In URLTA counties, week-to-week termination uses at least 10 days and month-to-month termination uses at least 30 days before the periodic rental date.
- Do not copy those URLTA periodic rules into non-URLTA counties without verified authority.
- A fixed term that has already expired and a tenant who remains belongs in the holdover workflow.
Based on
Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 66-28-102 and 66-28-512
Rules verified September 21, 2026. Special housing, protected issues, active litigation, disputed possession, or unsupported facts stop for review.
Why the facts matter
Tennessee's clearest statewide-coded periodic termination rules in this workflow come from URLTA, and URLTA does not apply in every county. That makes county a real legal selector. The rental agreement can also contain renewal, nonrenewal, or termination provisions that must be checked before relying on a statutory default.
What to verify before taking the next step
- Whether the tenancy is fixed-term, week-to-week, month-to-month, or another arrangement.
- Any renewal, automatic-renewal, nonrenewal, or termination provision in the signed rental agreement.
- The fixed-term expiration date or periodic rental date.
- Whether a prior termination notice was already delivered and what happened afterward.
What happens next
The Tennessee tool can create the supported URLTA 10-day or 30-day periodic notice when the facts fit. Non-URLTA periodic cases stop for review rather than borrowing URLTA. If a fixed term already ended and the tenant remains, the workflow hands off directly to holdover.
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