What is the longest lease term for an apartment? If a short-term lease is anything under 12 months, then a long-term lease is 12 months or more. The lease term will vary, but you can find leases for 12 months, 15 months or even 24. It's up to the landlord to determine the exact lease term.
2. Timeline Lease Agreement / Type of TenancyEviction Notice to Receive At-will 5-Day Notice to Quit Month-to-month 15-Day Notice to Quit
If you're on a month-to-month lease, you usually must give one month's notice before you can stop paying rent. Unless the lease says otherwise, the notice can provide for termination on any day of the month, if the date of termination is at least one month from the date of the notice.
In the state of Utah, tenants must give landlords 15 days written notice to terminate a month-to-month lease or a lease without an end date. For fixed-term leases, a 15 to 30 days' notice should be given, depending on the cause for early lease termination.
A Utah month-to-month rental agreement is a lease with no set end date. It renews automatically until the landlord or tenant gives 15 days' notice to cancel.
The Utah Fair Housing Act outlines the importance of not discriminating toward individuals or any reason. Landlords cannot deny a person a rental unit or make any drastic changes to their rental policies specifically because of any discriminatory reasoning.
written rental agreement is absolutely valid and enforceable. It doesn't need to be notarized, but must be signed by both parties to the lease. Essential terms must be present in the writing, however.
The landlord may only give a 15 day notice (the minimum required under Utah law for a “no cause” eviction). Some leases require 60 day notice from a tenant but say the landlord need only give 30 days. In either of these cases, try to negotiate “equal treatment”.
In the law of several US states, a 99-year lease will always be the longest possible contract for realty by statute, but many states have enacted shorter terms and some allow infinite terms.
If you own your flat, you can extend your lease by law if you meet certain conditions: it must be a 'long lease' – a lease with an original term of more than 21 years when it was first granted. your landlord is not a charity providing a flat for you as part of their work. it is not a business or commercial lease.