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Indiana month-to-month lease agreement
Written for Indiana 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.
Indiana rules that apply
- Notice to change the lease
- 30 days
- written, unless a written lease says otherwise
- Ind. Code § 32-31-5-4
Ending a month-to-month tenancy
A month-to-month tenancy ends with one month's written notice. For any period-to-period tenancy with a rental period of three months or less, notice equal to the rental period is enough. A year-to-year tenancy ends with notice given at least three months before the end of the year.
Ind. Code § 32-31-1-1 Ind. Code § 32-31-1-4 Ind. Code § 32-31-1-3
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- A tenancy where someone occupies the premises with your express or implied consent, without other terms, is a month-to-month tenancy. Ind. Code § 32-31-1-2
- A tenancy at will can only be created by an express contract. Ind. Code § 32-31-1-1(b)
- Serve the notice on the tenant. If the tenant cannot be found, serve a person residing at the premises and explain its contents. Only if no such person is found may you post it on a conspicuous part of the premises. Ind. Code § 32-31-1-9(a) to (c)
- A lease for a set period ends at its end without notice. Ind. Code § 32-31-1-8(1), (2) See Ending a fixed-term lease early on the Indiana page
Rent increase notice
Indiana's rule is about changing the rental agreement: unless a written rental agreement between you and the tenant provides otherwise, you must give the tenant at least 30 days' written notice before modifying it. Indiana has no rent control, and cities and counties may not regulate rental rates for privately owned property unless the General Assembly authorizes it (property given government funds or benefits for reduced rents is outside this rule).
Ind. Code § 32-31-5-4 Ind. Code § 32-31-1-20(b) Ind. Code § 32-31-1-20(a)
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- You may not raise rent in response to a tenant's protected activity, but you may raise it to the rent charged for comparable market rentals. Ind. Code § 32-31-8.5-4 Ind. Code § 32-31-8.5-5(b) See Retaliation on the Indiana page
- A waiver of the chapter that holds the 30-day rule (it also covers entry, lockouts and tenant property) by contract or otherwise is void. The 30-day rule itself still lets a written rental agreement set a different notice period. Ind. Code § 32-31-5-1(c) Ind. Code § 32-31-5-4
- Make a renewal or rent-change proposal easy to compare with the current agreement: identify the home and tenants, show the present rent, proposed rent, dollar change and proposed start date, and explain any proposed term or reply date. Keep the dated notice and delivery record with the lease. Record any negotiated change before updating recurring charges. A tenant declining the proposal is not itself a substitute for the notice needed to end a tenancy; handle acceptance, negotiation and termination as separate steps. This is a practical checklist, not a required statutory form. Ind. Code § 32-31-5-4 Ind. Code § 32-31-1-1
The Rentari Indiana lease says that, unless the lease provides otherwise, you give at least 30 days' written notice before modifying it.