Property Management
A fixed-term residential lease in Iowa that expires without renewal converts to:
AA tenancy at sufferance if the tenant remains
BA month-to-month tenancy if the landlord accepts continued rent payments
CEither A or B depending on the landlord's response to the holdover✓ Correct
DAn automatic 1-year renewal by Iowa law
Explanation
When a fixed-term lease expires and the tenant holds over, the landlord's response determines the outcome: accepting rent payments creates a month-to-month tenancy; refusing to accept and treating the tenant as a trespasser creates a tenancy at sufferance.
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