Breaking a Lease

The legal grounds that let a California tenant end a fixed-term lease early without owing the remaining rent, and what a tenant owes when no ground applies.

How to end a Florida residential lease early: the statutory grounds under Chapter 83 that avoid a penalty, the two-month cap on early termination fees, and what a tenant owes for an ordinary breach.

Ohio has no lease-buyout statute, but several situations let a tenant end a lease early without penalty: ending a periodic tenancy with proper notice, an uninhabitable unit, illegal landlord entry, or military orders. Here is what each ground requires and what a tenant owes for leaving early.

When a Pennsylvania tenant can end a lease early without owing extra rent: military service under the SCRA, uninhabitable conditions, early-termination and buyout clauses, and what happens to rent liability and the security deposit when no legal ground applies.

The situations where New York law lets a tenant break a lease early without owing the balance, the written-notice rules for each, and how the landlord’s duty to mitigate limits what a tenant owes when no exception applies.

The situations that let an Illinois tenant end a lease early without owing the rest of the rent, and how the landlord’s duty to mitigate limits damages when no exception applies.

The situations under Texas law that let a tenant end a lease early without owing a penalty, the notice each one requires, and what a tenant owes when no statutory ground fits.