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New Hampshire month-to-month lease agreement
Written for New Hampshire law, checked September 24, 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.
New Hampshire rules that apply
Ending a month-to-month tenancy
A landlord ends any residential tenancy with a written eviction notice that states the reason with specificity and gives 30 days, or 7 days for nonpayment and certain other grounds. For restricted property, which is most residential rentals, the reason must be one the statute lists, though other good cause includes any legitimate business or economic reason. The owner of nonrestricted property may end a tenancy without one of the listed reasons.
RSA 540:2, I RSA 540:2, II RSA 540:2, V RSA 540:3, II
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- Nonrestricted residential property is a single-family house whose owner owns no more than three single-family houses, a unit in an owner-occupied building of four units or fewer, or a single-family house a lender took through foreclosure. RSA 540:1-a, I RSA 540:1-a, II
- A tenant ends a month-to-month tenancy with 30 days' notice. If the notice does not end on a rent due date, the tenant owes rent through the next rent due date unless the lease says otherwise. RSA 540:11, II
- Without a different agreement, every tenancy is at will. RSA 540:1
- Shared housing where the occupant shares a kitchen or bathroom with the owner follows a separate chapter: 30 days' written notice without a reason, 7 days for nonpayment, and 72 hours for damage, dangerous behavior or a material breach. RSA 540-B:1 RSA 540-B:3
The lease says the landlord ends the tenancy only by a written eviction notice stating the reason, explains restricted property and the listed grounds, and says the tenant ends a month-to-month tenancy with 30 days' written notice.
Rent increase notice
A tenant's refusal to agree to a rent increase is good cause for eviction only if you gave written notice of the new amount and its effective date at least 30 days before the increase. The landlord and tenant chapters set no limit on the size of an increase.
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- A rent increase within six months after a tenant's protected complaint, report, action or organizing is presumed retaliatory. RSA 540:13-b See Retaliation on the New Hampshire page
The lease says a rent increase is good cause only after 30 days' written notice of the amount and effective date.