A 30 Day Eviction Notice Form schedules the termination of a tenancy by giving 30 days of advance notice before the tenant must move out.
Depending on the state and the specific rental situation, it may apply to “curable” situations (ones where the tenant can avoid termination through appropriate corrective action), like minor lease violations or nonpayment of rent. In some other situations, like terminating a month-to-month tenancy or evicting for illegal activity, the tenant cannot avoid termination and must move out.
30 Day Eviction Notices by State
This chart indicates which states use 30-day eviction notices, the situations which apply to this type of notice, and whether the tenant can “cure” the situation to avoid termination:
| State | Terminates What Kind of Tenancy? |
Ability to Cure? |
| Alabama | Month-to-month | No |
| Alaska | Month-to-month | No |
| Arizona | Month-to-month | No |
| Arkansas | Month-to-month | No |
| California | Month-to-month, IF the tenant has been resident on the premises for under a year | No |
| Connecticut | Any standard tenancy | No |
| Florida | 1) Tenancy ending due to foreclosure of rental property
2) Quarter-to-quarter tenancy |
1) No
2) No |
| Idaho | Any tenancy | No |
| Illinois | Tenancy longer than week-to-week but shorter than year-to-year | No |
| Indiana | Month-to-month | No |
| Iowa | Month-to-month or longer-term | No |
| Kansas | 1) Tenancy ending due to illegal activity
2) Tenancy in noncompliance 3) Month-to-month or longer-term tenancy |
1) No
2) If curable, must be corrected within 14 days 3) No |
| Kentucky | Month-to-month | No |
| Louisiana | Any tenancy longer than month-to-month | No |
| Maine | At-will tenancy | No |
| Maryland | 1) Tenancy ending due to illegal activity (except imminent harm)
2) Tenancy in noncompliance (except imminent harm) 3) Month-to-month tenancy |
1) No
2) No 3) No |
| Massachusetts | At-will tenancy | No |
| Michigan | 1) Tenancy in noncompliance
2) Termination of tenancy (all tenancies) |
1) No
2) No |
| Minnesota | Month-to-month | No |
| Mississippi | Month-to-month | No |
| Missouri | Tenancy under 1 year | No |
| Montana | Month-to-month | No |
| Nebraska | 1) Tenancy in noncompliance
2) Month-to-month tenancy |
1) If curable, must be corrected within 14 days
2) No |
| Nevada | Any tenancy except week-to-week or at-will | No |
| New Hampshire | 1) Any regular tenancy
2) Tenancy in noncompliance 3) Tenancy failing to prepare rental unit for infestation treatment |
1) No
2) No 3) No |
| New Jersey | 1) Tenancy in noncompliance
2) Tenancy refusing to accept changes to the lease 3) Tenancy with habitually late rent payments 4) Month-to-month tenancy |
1) No
2) No 3) Yes (unless 2nd notice issued) 4) No |
| New Mexico | Month-to-month | No |
| New York | 1) Tenancy in noncompliance, after failure to comply with 10-day notice
2) Tenancy of less than 1 year |
1) No
2) No |
| North Carolina | Year-to-year | No |
| North Dakota | Month-to-month | No |
| Ohio | 1) Month-to-month tenancy
2) Tenancy with a material health/safety violation |
1) No
2) Yes |
| Oklahoma | Month-to-month or at-will tenancy | No |
| Oregon | 1) Tenancy (other than week-to-week) in noncompliance
2) Month-to-month tenancy resident on the premises under 1 year |
1) If curable, must be corrected within 14 days
2) No |
| Pennsylvania | 1) Tenancy in noncompliance, when tenants have resided on the premises 1 year or more
2) Regular tenancy, when tenants have resided on the premises 1 year or more |
1) No
2) No |
| Rhode Island | 1) Month-to-month tenancy
2) Tenancy ending due to foreclosure of premises |
1) No
2) No |
| South Carolina | Month-to-month | No |
| South Dakota | Month-to-month | No |
| Tennessee | Month-to-month | No |
| Texas | 1) Month-to-month tenancy
2) Tenancy ending due to foreclosure of premises |
1) No
2) No |
| Vermont | 1) Tenancy in noncompliance
2) Month-to-month tenancy with a written lease, when tenants have resided on the premises under 2 years 3) Tenancy ending due to sale of premises |
1) No
2) No 3) No |
| Virginia | 1) Tenancy in noncompliance
2) Month-to-month tenancy |
1) If curable, must correct within 21 days
2) No |
| West Virginia | Month-to-month | No |
| Wisconsin | 1) Tenancy in noncompliance
2) Tenancy with nonpayment of rent, in a lease longer than 1 year |
1) Yes
2) Yes |
| Washington, D.C. | 1) Tenancy ending due to illegal activity performed within the rental unit
2) Tenancy in noncompliance |
1) No
2) Yes |
Common Uses of a 30 Day Eviction Notice
These are most common situations for a 30 Day Eviction Notice to terminate a tenancy:
- General termination
- Tenancy in noncompliance
General Termination of Tenancy
When a landlord wants to end a tenancy, in particular a periodic tenancy like month-to-month, the landlord must give notice in order to terminate the rental obligations. This may also include rental situations without a written lease, and/or “at-will” tenancies.
With this type of notice, typically the tenant has done nothing wrong, and the landlord simply doesn’t want to renew the lease/rental agreement for whatever reason.
Tenancy in Noncompliance
An eviction notice form for a tenancy in noncompliance explains that the tenant has violated a term of the rental agreement, or a local law. This might be for relatively minor issues like having a pet in the rental unit against regulations or parking in an unauthorized area, but can also apply to more serious situations like causing property damage.
Depending on the state and the issue, the situation may or may not be “curable.” A curable situation is one where the tenant can take appropriate corrective action by a specified deadline in order to avoid termination and eviction. If the tenant is not allowed to cure, or fails to cure by the deadline, the tenant must move out or face court eviction.
