In Miller, we held that a landlord had created a new or renewed tenancy by accepting future rent. Miller, 150 N.H. at 657, 660-61. In that case, the landlord and tenants had entered into a residential lease which expired on May 25, 2002. Id. at 657. When the tenants failed to pay April rent, the landlord brought an eviction action and obtained a writ of possession. Id. Thereafter, the landlord agreed to let the tenants remain on the premises until May 25 in exchange for the tenants’ payment of the April *93and May rent. Id. The landlord accepted the tenants’ rent without qualification. Id. at 661. We ruled that under these circumstances, the parties created either a new or renewed tenancy. Id. However, we noted “that it is undisputed that the landlord did not inform the tenants either orally or in writing that he intended to enforce the writ of possession despite the payment,” id., implying that if the landlord had notified the tenants that he intended to evict them, a different result might have been reached. We now make explicit what we implied in Miller. A landlord’s acceptance of future rent does not necessarily create a new tenancy.