When a tenant remains in possession after the termination of the lease without permission of the landlord,the landlord may treat the tenant as either a trespasser or a tenant.Until the landlord elects to do one or the other,a tenancy __________ exists.

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A tenancy at sufferance exists when a tenant remains in possession without the landlord's permission after the lease has terminated. The landlord can choose to either evict the tenant as a trespasser or accept them as a tenant under a new agreement. Until the landlord chooses one of these options, a tenancy at sufferance exists. A tenancy at will refers to a lease agreement without a specific end date, a lease for years has a specific end date, and a lease from year to year is a type of periodic tenancy.

When a Tenant Remains in Possession After the Termination of the Lease