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Notice to end a month-to-month tenancy by state
Rules and sources from each state's guideGeneral information, not legal advice
The notice a landlord or tenant must give to end a month-to-month tenancy, with the statute. Some states count days and others run to the end of a rental period.
By state
| State | Notice to end |
|---|---|
| Alabama | 30 days written notice before the periodic rental date it names Ala. Code § 35-9A-441(b) |
| Alaska | 30 days written, before the rental due date it names; 14 days week to week AS 34.03.290(b) |
| Arizona | 30 days before the rental date named in the notice A.R.S. § 33-1375(B) |
| Arkansas | 30 days written notice before the termination date Ark. Code Ann. § 18-17-704(b) |
| California | 60 or 30 days 30 days if any tenant or resident has lived there less than a year; just cause may also be needed Cal. Civ. Code § 1946.1(b), (c) |
| Colorado | 21 days for a tenancy of one month to under six months; 28 or 91 days for longer ones C.R.S. § 13-40-107(2) |
| Connecticut | A tenancy without a fixed term is month to month, or week to week when rent is paid weekly. To end it, the landlord serves a notice to quit that gives at least three days before the quit date. This page did not find a longer notice period for ending a month-to-month tenancy, but not every section of the eviction chapter was read. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-3b Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-23(a) |
| Delaware | 60 days counted from the first day of the next month 25 Del. C. § 5106(d) |
| Florida | 30 days before the end of a monthly period Fla. Stat. § 83.57(3) |
| Georgia | 60 / 30 days landlord / tenant; tenancy at will O.C.G.A. section 44-7-7, official Code access via General Assembly |
| Hawaii | 45 days your written notice; a tenant gives 28 days HRS § 521-71(a), (b) |
| Idaho | 1 month written notice from either side Idaho Code § 55-208 |
| Illinois | 30 days written notice; 7 days for week to week, 60 days for year to year 735 ILCS 5/9-207 735 ILCS 5/9-205 |
| Indiana | One month written notice Ind. Code § 32-31-1-1 Ind. Code § 32-31-1-4 |
| Iowa | 30 days before the periodic rental date in the notice Iowa Code § 562A.34(2) |
| Kansas | 30 days ending on a periodic rent-paying date K.S.A. 58-2570(b) |
| Kentucky | 30 days written notice before the rental date named, in a URLTA locality KRS 383.695(2) |
| Louisiana | 10 days written notice, in calendar days, before the end of a monthly period La. Civ. Code art. 2728 La. Civ. Code art. 2729 |
| Maine | 30 days written notice by either side 14 M.R.S. § 6002 |
| Maryland | 60 days landlord's written notice; 90 days for year to year Md. Code, Real Prop. § 8-402(c)(2), (c)(3) |
| Massachusetts | 30 days or one rent period whichever is longer Mass. G.L. c. 186, § 12 |
| Michigan | One month or the interval between rent payments MCL 554.134(1) |
| Minnesota | 1 rent period the time between rent due dates, up to three months Minn. Stat. § 504B.135 |
| Mississippi | 30 days written notice by either side; 7 days for week to week Miss. Code Ann. § 89-8-19(3) |
| Missouri | One month ends on a rent-paying date Mo. Rev. Stat. § 441.060.4 |
| Montana | 30 days written notice before the date named in it MCA 70-24-441(2) |
| Nebraska | 30 days written notice before the periodic rental date it names Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1437(2) |
| Nevada | 30 days 7 days for week to week NRS 40.251(1)(b) |
| New Hampshire | 30 days written notice from either side RSA 540:3, II RSA 540:11, II |
| New Jersey | Good cause needed in most buildings; one month's notice to quit only where the Anti-Eviction Act does not apply N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1 N.J.S.A. 2A:18-56(b) |
| New Mexico | 30 days before the periodic rental date named in the notice NMSA 1978 § 47-8-37(B) |
| New York | 30, 60 or 90 days landlord notice, by length of occupancy or lease term N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 226-c(2) N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 232-a |
| North Carolina | 7 days notice before the end of the current monthly period N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42-14 |
| North Dakota | 1 calendar month written notice, given at any time N.D.C.C. § 47-16-15(2) |
| Ohio | 30 days before the periodic rental date; 7 days for week-to-week Ohio Rev. Code § 5321.17 |
| Oklahoma | 30 days Written, counted from the date of service 41 O.S. § 111(A) |
| Oregon | 30 days by the tenant any time, by you only in the first year ORS 90.427(3) |
| Pennsylvania | 15 days from service of the written notice to quit; the lease may shorten or waive it 68 P.S. § 250.501(b), (e) |
| Rhode Island | 30 days written notice before the date named R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-37(b) |
| South Carolina | 30 days written notice before the termination date S.C. Code Ann. § 27-40-770 (b) |
| South Dakota | 1 month before the month ends; a tenancy at will can end on 15 days SDCL § 43-32-15 SDCL § 43-8-8 |
| Tennessee | 30 days where the Act applies, before the periodic rental date stated in the written notice Tennessee Legislature Code access: T.C.A. 66-28-512(b) |
| Texas | 1 month or the later day named in the notice Tex. Prop. Code § 91.001 |
| Utah | 15 days served before the end of the rental period Utah Code § 78B-6-802(1)(b)(i) |
| Vermont | 60 or 90 days 90 after two years (21 days with weekly rent); under a written lease, 30 or 60 days before the term ends 9 V.S.A. § 4467(c), (e) |
| Virginia | 30 days before the next rent due date, unless the lease sets a different period Va. Code § 55.1-1253(A) |
| Washington | 20 days a landlord needs a statutory cause RCW 59.18.200(1)(a) RCW 59.18.650(1) |
| Washington, D.C. | Tenant only a landlord needs a ground the law lists; the tenant gives 30 days, ending on the first of a month D.C. Code § 42-3505.01(a)(1) D.C. Code § 42-3202(b) |
| West Virginia | One full month before the end of a period, unless the lease sets another notice W. Va. Code 37-6-5 |
| Wisconsin | 28 days written, ending at the end of a rental period Wis. Stat. § 704.19(3) |
| Wyoming | The Wyoming articles read for this page set no notice period for ending a month-to-month tenancy. A tenant who holds over after the term ends may be evicted after the three-day notice to leave. Other parts of the Wyoming Statutes were not read on this question. W.S. 1-21-1002(a)(i) W.S. 1-21-1003 |