Property Management

A Mississippi commercial tenant's lease expires and they remain in possession without a new agreement. The tenancy becomes:

AA tenancy for years
BA holdover tenancy (tenancy at sufferance), allowing the landlord to treat the tenant as a trespasser or establish a new periodic tenancy✓ Correct
CA month-to-month tenancy automatically
DA permanent tenancy by estoppel

Explanation

When a tenant remains in possession after their lease expires without a new agreement, they become a holdover tenant (tenant at sufferance). The landlord may either evict them or accept rent, which may create a new periodic tenancy on the same terms as the expired lease.

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