There are exceptions where you can end your lease early without paying for the entire lease term. These include giving proper notice, military transfers, domestic abuse, health reasons, unsafe living conditions, landlord harassment, tenant death, and voidable leases.
In California, tenants may be able to legally break their lease before its expiration date if they have a justified reason. Justified reasons for breaking a lease are typically related to issues that make the unit uninhabitable or create an unsafe or untenable living situation.
For the most part, the only way to break a lease without penalty is to negotiate with your landlord and hope they let you. Otherwise, even if you leave you are still responsible for rent until your landlord can find a replacement.
5 Reasons Tenants Want to Break a Lease Agreement 1: Active Military Duty. Active military duty is one of the few times when a tenant is able to legally break a lease without penalty. 2: The Tenant Unexpectedly Becomes Unemployed. 3: Job Transfer. 4: The Tenant Has Found Another Home. 5: Environmental Factors.
Summarizing, you have two options for a lease termination letter in California, ing to § 1946 of the Civil Code. If your month-to-month tenancy lasts for longer than a year - 60 days of notice. If your month-to-month tenancy lasts for less than a year - 30 days of notice.
In California, tenants may be able to legally break their lease before its expiration date if they have a justified reason. Justified reasons for breaking a lease are typically related to issues that make the unit uninhabitable or create an unsafe or untenable living situation.
For the most part, the only way to break a lease without penalty is to negotiate with your landlord and hope they let you. Otherwise, even if you leave you are still responsible for rent until your landlord can find a replacement.
If you want to terminate early, you should try to work something out with your landlord. If you make a deal, get the agreement (referred to legally as a release) in writing to prove you are no longer responsible under the lease. You should at least give the landlord notice that you will be moving out.