Tennessee Month-to-month Rental Agreement Template

A rental agreement with no fixed end date. It renews each month until the landlord or tenant gives proper written notice. This edition fills in the Tennessee rules we could confirm and marks the rest as blanks to check.

Tennessee rules for this form

Month-to-month notice. In covered counties either side ends a month to month tenancy with written notice at least 30 days before the rent date named in the notice. (Tenn. Code Ann. 66-28-512)

Notice before a rent increase. No statute sets a separate rent increase notice; during a fixed term the lease controls, and a month to month tenancy in a covered county can be changed after 30 days of written notice ending the current terms. (Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act and lease terms)

Deposit limit. Tennessee law generally does not set a limit on the size of a security deposit. (Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act)

Deadline to return the deposit. The Act sets no fixed number of days to refund a deposit; the landlord sends notice of any refund due to the tenant's last known address, and if the tenant does not respond within 60 days the landlord may keep it. (Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act)

Notice before entry. Tenants may not unreasonably refuse entry for inspections, repairs or showings, and in covered counties a landlord may show the unit in the last 30 days of the lease with 24 hours of notice if the lease allows it. (Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act)

Late fees. In covered counties a late fee cannot exceed 10 percent of the rent that is past due. (Tenn. Code Ann. 66-28-201(d))

Required disclosures. The landlord must tell the tenant in writing that the landlord does not provide fire or casualty insurance for the tenant's belongings. (Tenn. Code Ann. 66-28-201(a))

Required disclosures. When the lease is signed and the deposit paid, the landlord tells the tenant where the deposit account is kept. (Tenn. Code Ann. 66-28-301)

Required disclosures. Homes built before 1978 need the federal lead-based paint disclosure and the EPA pamphlet. (Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act (42 U.S.C. 4852d))

Cities and counties in Tennessee can add their own rules on top of these. Check local ordinances before you sign.

What is in the template

1. Parties
2. Property
3. Monthly term
4. Ending the tenancy
5. Rent
6. Changes to rent or terms
7. Security deposit
8. Utilities
9. Use, guests and pets
10. Care, repairs and alterations
11. Entry
12. Subletting
13. Default
14. Moving out
15. Disclosures
16. General terms
17. Signatures

Before you use it

• A month-to-month agreement renews automatically each rental period until someone gives written notice.
• Notice periods to end the tenancy or change the rent are set by state law, and some cities require longer notice or a valid reason.
• The flexibility cuts both ways: the tenant can leave on short notice, so turnover can come sooner.
• Everything else, from deposit limits to entry notice, follows the same rules as a fixed-term lease.

For the full explanation of this form, read our guide to the month-to-month rental agreement.