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A lease with a term of one year or less may be created by verbal agreement. However, for the sake of clarity and to reduce the risk of disagreement (both during the lease term and after tenant's surrender of the premises), all leases, even those with month-to-month terms, should be reduced to written form.

Tenants without leases are also protected under California's rent control laws. If you are renting month-to-month without a lease agreement, you still have the right to receive notice before any changes are made to your rental agreement. This includes changes to your rent amount or other terms of your tenancy.

What is a Change of Tenancy or CoT? Moving into or out of a business premises where responsibility of the energy supply changes is known as a cot or change of tenancy. It is the responsibility of both the incoming and outgoing tenant to inform the incumbent energy supplier that there has been a change of tenancy.

For month-to-month tenancies, you must provide a 30-day written notice of the change in the terms of the tenancy. If the change involves a rent increase of more than 10%, a 90-day notice is required. However, if the increase is due to income or household size recertification, you only need to provide 30 days' notice.

Once the lease expires, you no longer have the right to live in the property unless you get the lease extended or sign a new lease. This is true even if you were to continue paying rent. That said, your landlord doesn't have the right to evict you immediately after your lease expires.

It's okay if a landlord and tenant change their minds about ending a tenancy ? as long as they agree to it in writing. The tenancy then continues under the same terms.