What happens if the tenant stays after the lease expires?
Use this page to identify the lease wording that may apply after expiry. Continued occupancy, invoicing and payment can raise separate questions about status, charges, notice and possession.
See what this page does ↓A guide that turns this lease term into a practical next step.
Use this page to identify the lease wording that may apply after expiry. Continued occupancy, invoicing and payment can raise separate questions about status, charges, notice and possession.
What are you trying to do?
Choose your side and the situation you are dealing with. We will show you what it probably means, what to check first and where to continue.
Important: This helps you understand and organize the issue. The signed lease, amendments, facts and applicable law still need qualified review.
Use this when one of these situations is real.
Understand the entered cost and operational exposure without assuming permission to remain.
Control communications, payments, replacement-tenant impacts and possession evidence.
Turn the clause into a controlled decision.
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Confirm the exact expiry and complete document chain.
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Record the reviewed status and charge method instead of inferring either.
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Model the occupied period and every supported cost or credit.
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Control notice, payment conduct, possession and surrender evidence.
This page is a practical checklist—not lease wording.
The actual meaning depends on the complete lease, amendments, facts and governing law. Use the prompts below to extract and brief the issue; do not paste this page into a lease as a substitute for drafting and legal review.
What the business team needs to know
- What rent multiple applies and to which rent components?
- Does occupancy become month-to-month or remain a tenancy at sufferance?
- What notice and damage exposure applies?
What to capture from the document
Holdover status
Record the legal status stated in the lease.
Rent premium
Capture the percentage and the rent base to which it applies.
Termination and damages
Record notice, indemnity and consequential-damage language.
Terms that can change the practical outcome
- Premium applied to all additional rent as well as basic rent
- Consequential loss exposure without an agreed boundary
- Operational planning that assumes the landlord must permit holdover
What qualified counsel needs to test
Confirm the occupancy status, rent, notice, liability and whether accepting rent could affect either party’s intended remedy in the governing jurisdiction.
Owner rent-roll handoff: Carry only sourced premises area, tenant status, current rent, recoveries, term and rollover facts into Rent Roll Intelligence. An entered scenario does not establish market rent, entitlement, valuation, accounting treatment or tenant credit.
Jurisdiction and statutory context
These sources support limited context only. They do not decide how the actual lease operates.
Ontario — Commercial Tenancies Act ↗Official consolidated Ontario statute. Application and remedies must be reviewed against the current lease and facts.British Columbia — Commercial Tenancy Act ↗Official British Columbia commercial-tenancy statute, illustrating that provincial statutory frameworks differ.Québec — Civil Code, lease provisions ↗Official Civil Code of Québec. General lease provisions begin at article 1851; civil-law analysis is distinct from common-law provinces.