[header] How to break a car lease [title] Review your lease agreement's provisions on transfer. [step] A lease transfer allows you to find someone else who wants the car and is willing and able to make the monthly lease payments. [substeps] If you're able to transfer your lease, you can get out of the monthly payments without paying early termination costs. 
You'll still pay a few hundred dollars to transfer the lease. About 80 percent of leases have no post-transfer obligations, but the other 20 percent require that you assume responsibility for the successful payment and maintenance of the vehicle.