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What rules or laws regulate non-lease apartment rentals?

Im renting an apartment but due to financial problems i need to move out asap to save money. I paid first and last when i moved in and never signed a lease but unfortunately due to the circumstances i can only give a few days notice that next month is my last month. Is there anything that would keep me from being able to move out?

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1. no lease...pack up and go. as long as your rent is paid during the months you lived there, you're good to go. check your state law just in case. don't skip on the rent for the months you lived there, that will get you in trouble.
2. Give 30 days notice in writing ASAP. Your last month will cover the next 30 days (EVEN THIS ISN'T THE WAY IT SHOULD BE DONE) Leave it really clean and you MAY get your deposit back.
3. depends on what state you live in write up a letter and give it to who ever you need to asap that you need to move and NO there is nothing binding you that you must stay since there is no lease as you say and usually it goes from month to month then it is understood then so if it went to court which it wont since there is not lease dont worry just give the notice and move! good luck be buisness like oh and MAKE A COPY OF THAT NOTICE VERY IMPORTANT!!
4. If there is no lease or any other legal contract between you and the landlord, you can move out. The agreement you are in is called an "implied month-to-month rental agreement." Normally a landlord would have either a lease or a month-to-month rental agreement in writing. Since you do not have this, there is no actual legal agreement beyond the oral one that has you pay rent to stay there. So, there is nothing to keep you. Try to make sure that you leave on good terms with the landlord because just as there is no contract to protect them, there is no contract to protect you and in order to avoid litigation just make sure you're paid up and the landlord is cool with this.
5. The laws are all local- city or state. But if you are saying that you will be moving out at the end of October and you are going to tell them Monday September the 29th- I think you will be OK. They most likely think of the "last month's rent" as a security deposit to ensure that you leave the place is good shape. They will not likely allow you to use that as October rent and instead will require you to pay rent now and get the "last month's rent" returned to you once they see that you left the place in good shape.
6. Did you sign a rental agreement? Did you sign anything? If you did, there should be a clause stating how many days notice is required before moving out. If you signed nothing, give a month notice anyway and your last month rent, which you paid when you moved in, would pay for that month. If you have given no other deposit, you are safe. However, the best move is to discuss this with your manager or landlord. No one here knows what the terms of your rental agreement are.
7. You can move out of anywhere you like at any time, even with a lease. You just lose the deposits and/or amount of money specified in the lease. If you didn't sign anything at all, the law is on your side. You can move out tomorrow but they keep your last month's rent if you don't give 30 days notice. So it sounds like you're fine. Send them a letter (right now) that next month is your last month and to apply your last month's rent to that month and then you don't pay for that last month. edit: Last month's rent really IS last month's rent and deposits are separate. They can't evict you before 30 days anyway so don't worry about that. Nobody will care if they're mad about it, either! If they have your last month's rent, that's it. They can't lock you out or anything, either! That's TOTALLY illegal. Still, it would be really, really good of you to clean the place up as well as you can even if you haven't paid a deposit. Then, you could get a good reference for your next place as well. You can google "landlord tenant law" and the name of your state for more information.
8. You are on a month-to-month lease. Those generally require 30 day notice in writing, but the rules vary by state. 30 day notice means that you tell them on X date, "I will be moving out 30 days from now". So I think you are still okay if I read your question right. You should tell them ASAP in writing.