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Arkansas month-to-month lease agreement
Written for Arkansas law, checked October 1, 2026 General information, not legal advice
A month-to-month tenancy renews each month until the landlord or the tenant gives notice. Choose month-to-month as the lease type, or set a fixed-term lease to convert to month-to-month when its term ends.
Arkansas rules that apply
- Ending a month-to-month tenancy
- 30 days
- written notice before the termination date
- Ark. Code Ann. § 18-17-704(b)
- Rent increase notice
- At least one rental period
- Attorney General guidance, including oral and written leases
- Arkansas Attorney General: rent-change notice
Ending a month-to-month tenancy
You or the tenant may end a month-to-month tenancy with written notice given at least 30 days before the termination date named in the notice. A week-to-week tenancy needs at least seven days' written notice.
Ark. Code Ann. § 18-17-704(a), (b)
More detail (2)
- Unless the rental agreement sets a definite term, the tenancy is week to week for a roomer who pays weekly rent and month to month in every other case. Ark. Code Ann. § 18-17-401(c)
- If the tenant stays without your consent after the term or tenancy ends, you may sue for possession; if the holdover is not in good faith you may recover reasonable attorney's fees, and if it is willful you may also recover up to three months' periodic rent or twice your actual damages, whichever is greater. Ark. Code Ann. § 18-17-704(c)
The Rentari Arkansas lease states the 30-day and seven-day written notice rules.
Rent increase notice
Partly readThe Arkansas Attorney General’s guidance says to give at least one rental period’s notice before raising rent, for oral as well as written leases. Check the existing agreement and term before choosing the effective date. The landlord-tenant act does not state a separate increase-notice period or general amount cap; that does not make an immediate increase or a change to agreed fixed-term rent permissible.
Ark. Code Ann. § 18-17-401(a) Arkansas Attorney General: rent-change notice
More detail (2)
- A month-to-month tenancy can be ended by either side with written notice given at least 30 days before the termination date named in the notice. Ark. Code Ann. § 18-17-704(b) See Ending a month-to-month tenancy on the Arkansas page
- Cities, counties and other local governments may not control the amount charged for rent. Ark. Code Ann. § 14-54-1409(b) See Rent control and local rules on the Arkansas page