Eviction Notice Template

2Why landlords use a state-specific notice

An eviction starts with a notice, and the notice is where small landlords most often lose months. The deadline is set by state statute, and it changes with the reason: the same California rental takes a 3-day notice for unpaid rent but 30 or 60 days to end a tenancy without cause. Use the wrong period — or a generic form where the statute expects specific language — and the court can dismiss the case, sending you back to day one while the rent stays unpaid.

That is the entire design of this tool. For each covered state, the deadline was read in the official statute text and the citation is printed on the notice itself, with the verification date. For the other states, the tool says not available instead of guessing — an out-of-state notice is worse than no notice, because it fails in court.

3The verified deadlines, state by state

• California — 3 days to pay or quit (excluding weekends and judicial holidays), 30/60 days to terminate without cause. Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 1161, Civ. Code § 1946.1
• Texas — 3 days to vacate for any default, 1 month to end a month-to-month tenancy. Tex. Prop. Code §§ 24.005, 91.001
• Florida — 3 days for nonpayment, 7 days to cure or quit, 30 days for a month-to-month termination. Fla. Stat. §§ 83.56, 83.57
• New York — 14-day written rent demand, 30/60/90 days for no-fault terminations. RPAPL § 711(2), RPL § 226-c
• Illinois — 5 days to pay, 10 days to quit for a lease default, 30 days for a periodic tenancy. 735 ILCS 5/9-209, 9-210, 9-207
• Michigan — 7 days for nonpayment, 1 month for a periodic tenancy. MCL 600.5714, MCL 554.134
• Louisiana — 5 days to vacate for any cause, 10 days before month-end for a month-to-month termination. La. C.C.P. art. 4701, Civ. Code art. 2728
• Ohio — 3 days to leave the premises for nonpayment or a lease violation, 30 days before the periodic rental date for a month-to-month tenancy. Ohio Rev. Code §§ 1923.04, 5321.17
• Virginia — 14 days to pay rent (2025 amendment), 21 days to cure a lease violation with termination no sooner than 30 days, 30 days for a month-to-month tenancy. Va. Code §§ 55.1-1245, 55.1-1253
• Arizona — 5 days to pay rent, 10 days to cure a lease violation (5 days if health and safety), 30 days for a month-to-month tenancy. A.R.S. §§ 33-1368, 33-1375
• Georgia — 3 business days to vacate or pay all past-due amounts (2024 law), 60 days to end a tenancy at will; no statutory notice period for lease violations, so none is offered. O.C.G.A. §§ 44-7-50(c), 44-7-7
• Tennessee — 14 days to remedy nonpayment or a material lease violation, 3 days for violence or danger, 30 days before the periodic rental date for a month-to-month tenancy (URLTA counties; other counties: 30 days for other lease defaults). Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 66-28-505, 66-28-517, 66-28-512, 66-7-109
• Indiana — 10 days to pay rent or quit, 1 month in writing to end a month-to-month tenancy; no statutory day count for lease violations, so no violation notice is offered. Ind. Code §§ 32-31-1-6, 32-31-1-1, 32-31-7-7
• Missouri — no statutory notice day count for nonpayment (rent-and-possession demand good any time after rent is due) or for lease violations; 1 month's written notice to end a month-to-month tenancy, effective on a rent-paying date at least 1 month after receipt. Mo. Rev. Stat. §§ 441.060, 535.060
• Maryland — 10 days to cure on the Judiciary form for nonpayment, 30 days' notice of lease violation and intent to repossess (14 days for clear and imminent danger), 60 days in writing to end a month-to-month tenancy. Md. Code, Real Prop. §§ 8-401(c), 8-402.1(a), 8-402(c)
• Colorado — 10 days to pay rent or deliver possession and 10 days to comply or quit for a standard residential agreement (3 days nonresidential or employer-provided, 5 days exempt residential), 3 days with no cure for a substantial violation, 21 days in writing to end a month-to-month tenancy; 2024 for-cause law restricts no-fault terminations for covered tenancies. Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 13-40-104, 13-40-107, 13-40-107.5, 38-12-1303
• Alabama — 7 business days to pay the rent and late fees stated in the notice (nonpayment) or to remedy a material lease violation, 7 days with no right to cure for noncurable defaults (drugs, firearms, assault, repeat breach within 6 months), 30 days in writing to end a month-to-month tenancy. Ala. Code §§ 35-9A-421, 35-9A-441
• Arkansas — 5 days from the due date for unpaid rent (the nonpayment itself is the legal notice to begin eviction proceedings), 14 days to remedy a lease violation, 30 days in writing to end a month-to-month tenancy. A.C.A. §§ 18-17-701, 18-17-704, 18-17-901
• Mississippi — 3 days to pay rent before the agreement terminates (nonpayment), 14 days to remedy a material lease violation, 30 days in writing to end a month-to-month tenancy. Miss. Code Ann. §§ 89-8-13, 89-8-19
• Oregon — 10 days to pay rent or face termination (72 hours for week-to-week tenancies), 30 days with a 14-day cure for a lease violation, 30 days to end a month-to-month tenancy in the first year of occupancy (90 days for a qualifying landlord reason after it). ORS 90.392, 90.394, 90.427
• New Mexico — 3 days to pay rent after written notice of nonpayment, 7 days to remedy a material noncompliance, 30 days' written notice to end a month-to-month residency. NMSA 1978, §§ 47-8-33, 47-8-37
• Nebraska — 7 calendar days to pay rent after written notice of nonpayment, 30 days with a 14-day remedy for a material noncompliance (5 days, no cure, for violence or illegal drug sales), 30 days' written notice to end a month-to-month tenancy. Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 76-1431, 76-1437

The same table, with one row per notice type and the official source for each deadline, lives on the eviction notice requirements by state page — built to be cited, not sold to.

Looking for one state? Each covered state has a dedicated page with its deadlines, service rules and FAQs: California · Texas · Florida · New York · Illinois · Michigan · Louisiana · Ohio · Virginia · Arizona · Georgia · Tennessee · Indiana · Missouri · Maryland · Colorado · Alabama · Arkansas · Mississippi · Oregon · New Mexico · Nebraska.

Raising the rent instead of ending the tenancy? The same verification discipline now covers rent increases: rent increase notice generator — every deadline read in the official statute text, with the five states whose official text could not be verified marked not covered rather than guessed.

4How it works

1. Select your state. Only states verified against their official statute are offered. For any other state you get a clear not available — with the reason — never a generic or borrowed form.
2. Choose the reason. Only the notice types your state's statute actually provides appear: nonpayment, lease violation, or no-fault termination, with the exact variant for your situation.
3. Fill in the notice. Click any dashed field in the document and type: tenant name, property address, amount due or violation, your contact. The legal deadline is computed from your service date as you type.
4. Print or save as PDF — no watermark, no account, no card. Then serve the notice following your state's delivery rules and keep dated proof of service.

5Mistakes that get an eviction notice thrown out

Landlord associations and eviction specialists describe the same failure patterns, case after case. None of them is exotic — each one comes from treating a statutory document as a generic letter.

• Using a generic free form. Eviction proceedings require exact statutory language, and a generic fill-in form is unlikely to match it. A judge can throw the notice out and, with it, part or all of your lease argument.
• Guessing the deadline. The period is set by state statute and changes with the reason: the same California rental takes 3 days for unpaid rent but 30 or 60 days to end a tenancy without cause. Texas gives 3 days for any default but a full month to end a month-to-month tenancy. Serve the wrong period and the case starts over.
• Serving the notice the wrong way. States differ on how delivery must happen — in person, posted on the door, or by mail — and a correct notice served incorrectly still fails. Check your state's service rules before you deliver anything.
• Skipping the local check. Cities can add their own rules on top of state law: rent control, just-cause ordinances, licensing. A notice that ignores a local rule is a notice that fails.
• Paying for a "free" template with a hidden subscription. The dominant complaint about paid form services is pricing shown only after the document is filled, payment details requested for the "free" trial, and automatic renewal once the trial ends. That is why this page shows its price — zero — before you type anything. Comparing the paid options first? See the LawDepot alternative page and the verified LawDepot pricing page.

This tool exists to remove the first four: only verified deadlines with their citations, no generic fallback, no borrowed out-of-state form, and a printed notice you can hand to a local attorney before serving it.