State Lease Termination Laws
Every state has different requirements for lease termination. Select your state below to learn about notice periods, statutes, and delivery methods.
Alabama
30 days notice (tenant) · Ala. Code § 35-9A-441
Alaska
30 days notice (tenant) · Alaska Stat. § 34.03.290
Arizona
30 days notice (tenant) · A.R.S. § 33-1375
Arkansas
30 days notice (tenant) · Ark. Code § 18-17-704
California
30 days notice (tenant) · Cal. Civ. Code § 1946
Colorado
21 days notice (tenant) · Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-12-202
Connecticut
30 days notice (tenant) · Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-23
Delaware
60 days notice (tenant) · 25 Del. Code § 5106
Florida
15 days notice (tenant) · Fla. Stat. § 83.57
Georgia
30 days notice (tenant) · O.C.G.A. § 44-7-7
Hawaii
28 days notice (tenant) · HRS § 521-71
Idaho
30 days notice (tenant) · Idaho Code § 55-208
Illinois
30 days notice (tenant) · 735 ILCS 5/9-207
Indiana
30 days notice (tenant) · Ind. Code § 32-31-1-1
Iowa
30 days notice (tenant) · Iowa Code § 562A.34
Kansas
30 days notice (tenant) · Kan. Stat. § 58-2570
Kentucky
30 days notice (tenant) · KRS § 383.695
Louisiana
10 days notice (tenant) · La. Civ. Code Art. 2728
Maine
30 days notice (tenant) · 14 M.R.S. § 6002
Maryland
30 days notice (tenant) · Md. Code, Real Prop. § 8-402
Massachusetts
30 days notice (tenant) · Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 12
Michigan
30 days notice (tenant) · MCL § 554.134
Minnesota
30 days notice (tenant) · Minn. Stat. § 504B.135
Mississippi
30 days notice (tenant) · Miss. Code § 89-8-19
Missouri
30 days notice (tenant) · Mo. Rev. Stat. § 441.060
Montana
30 days notice (tenant) · Mont. Code § 70-24-441
Nebraska
30 days notice (tenant) · Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1437
Nevada
30 days notice (tenant) · NRS § 118A.300
New Hampshire
30 days notice (tenant) · RSA § 540:3
New Jersey
30 days notice (tenant) · N.J. Stat. § 2A:18-56
New Mexico
30 days notice (tenant) · N.M. Stat. § 47-8-37
New York
30 days notice (tenant) · N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 232-b
North Carolina
7 days notice (tenant) · N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42-14
North Dakota
30 days notice (tenant) · N.D. Cent. Code § 47-16-15
Ohio
30 days notice (tenant) · Ohio Rev. Code § 5321.17
Oklahoma
30 days notice (tenant) · 41 Okl. Stat. § 111
Oregon
30 days notice (tenant) · ORS § 90.427
Pennsylvania
15 days notice (tenant) · 68 Pa. Stat. § 250.501
Rhode Island
30 days notice (tenant) · R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-37
South Carolina
30 days notice (tenant) · S.C. Code § 27-40-770
South Dakota
30 days notice (tenant) · SDCL § 43-32-13
Tennessee
30 days notice (tenant) · Tenn. Code § 66-28-512
Texas
30 days notice (tenant) · Tex. Prop. Code § 91.001
Utah
15 days notice (tenant) · Utah Code § 78B-6-802
Vermont
30 days notice (tenant) · 9 V.S.A. § 4467
Virginia
30 days notice (tenant) · Va. Code § 55.1-1253
Washington
20 days notice (tenant) · RCW § 59.18.200
Washington D.C.
30 days notice (tenant) · D.C. Code § 42-3505.01
West Virginia
30 days notice (tenant) · W. Va. Code § 37-6-5
Wisconsin
28 days notice (tenant) · Wis. Stat. § 704.19
Wyoming
30 days notice (tenant) · Wyo. Stat. § 1-21-1003