Not a RE attorney but I concur with EconProf. There has to be an automatic renewal clause and it has to be in boldface just above the signature. But I also think that automatic renewal clauses are nearly universal.
[quote]Dept of Consumer Affairs for the state of California.
A lease is not a periodic rental agreement. A periodic rental agreement is defined as “an oral or written rental agreement that states the length of time between rent payments – for example, a week or a month – but not the total number of weeks or months that the agreement will be in effect“.
