Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Georgia

Automatic Renewal

I have a question about the Automatic Renewal Clause in my renter�s agreement.

Our owner paid upfront 6 months for an office space. During this six months he purchased a building to house his new operation. We moved out of the rented office and asked if we could receive 50% of our payment and we would release the office for the company to rent to someone else. Of course, they refused.

On the contrary, we received a letter from them stating that they were moving our empty office to a similar office. I quickly stopped that move by stating a clause from our renters agreement.

The renting company has automatically renewed our lease. They new that we had a new building and was not going to be re-newing our lease. However, they are being sticklers to this automatic-renewal rule.

They did not remind us that our lease was about to terminate.

Are there any provisions?


Asked on 9/08/03, 4:24 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Wayne Wisong Wayne Wisong, Attorney at Law

Re: Automatic Renewal

I don't think any lawyer can really answer that question without actually reviewing the lease, particularly the automatic renewal clause. But, if the written notice requirements for avoiding automatic renewal were not complied with, there could be a problem. Mere knowledge of your plans by the landlord is not likely to be found to be a substitute for the required notice, and the landlord is generally under no duty to remind unless the lease says so. Bottom line: your company may have a problem here.

If you would like me to review the lease, e-mail me at [email protected] and I will tell you how to get it to me.

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Answered on 9/08/03, 6:32 pm


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