Georgia Eviction Notice Forms

Last Updated: January 4, 2024 by Roberto Valenzuela

A Georgia eviction notice form is a legal demand for a tenant to comply with the terms of the rental agreement or else move out of the premises. Georgia landlords may deliver an eviction notice because of unpaid rent, lease violations, or illegal activity on the rental property.

Types of Georgia Eviction Notice Forms

Notice Form Grounds Curable?
Notice To Quit for Nonpayment of Rent Unpaid Rent Maybe
Notice To Comply or Vacate Lease Violation Maybe
Immediate Notice To Vacate Illegal Activity No
30 Day Notice To Vacate End of / No Lease No
60 Day Notice To Vacate End of / No Lease No

Georgia Notice To Quit for Nonpayment of Rent

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A Georgia Notice To Quit form evicts a tenant for nonpayment of rent. In Georgia, a landlord can file this notice the day after rent is due, with no grace period for the tenant. The tenant must pay all past due rent or else move out immediately, but it is common practice in state to allow three (3) days for payment.

Within seven (7) days of receiving the eviction summons from the court, a tenant can also stop the eviction process through payment of all past due balance.

Georgia Notice To Comply or Vacate

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A Georgia Notice To Comply or Vacate evicts a tenant for a lease violation. This might include damaging property, engaging in a health and safety violation on the premises, or interfering with the quiet enjoyment of neighbors.

The landlord gets to decide whether to allow the tenant an opportunity for corrective action. If the landlord decides against this, or the tenant does not fix the violation, then the tenant must move out by the specified date of termination.

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Georgia allows the landlord to issue a verbal warning to tenants who violate the lease. Written notice is not required before filing eviction for this cause.

Georgia Immediate Notice To Vacate

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A Georgia Immediate Notice To Vacate evicts a tenant for engaging in illegal activity, such as engaging in or promoting prostitution or building/setting up temporary or permanent structures to be offered as sleeping quarters for pay. The tenant is not allowed an opportunity for corrective action, and must move out of the rental unit immediately upon receiving notice.

Georgia 30 Day Notice To Vacate

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A Georgia 30 Day Notice To Vacate terminates a month-to-month lease or an expired lease, as well as a situation with no written lease where the tenant pays rent monthly. The non-terminating party must receive notice at least thirty (30) calendar days before the date of termination.

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This notice is for use by tenants. Landlords typically must provide 60 days of notice.

Georgia 60 Day Notice To Vacate

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A Georgia 60 Day Notice To Vacate terminates a month-to-month lease or an expired lease, as well as a situation with no written lease where the tenant pays rent monthly. The tenant must receive notice at least sixty (60) calendar days before the date of termination.

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This notice is for use by landlords. Tenants need only provide 30 days of notice, in most cases.

How To Write an Eviction Notice in Georgia

To help ensure the legal compliance of an eviction notice:

  1. Use the tenant’s full name and address
  2. Specify the lease violation as well as any balance due
  3. Specify the date of termination
  4. Print name and sign the notice, including the landlord’s address of record
  5. Note the date and method of notice delivery, along with printed name and signature

It is easy to lose an otherwise justified legal action because of improper notice. Check carefully to ensure enough time after notice is delivered, not when it’s sent.

How To Calculate Expiration Date in Georgia

The “clock” for an eviction notice period starts “ticking” the day after the notice gets delivered (served). For example, to give at least 30 days of notice and begin court action as of June 30th, delivery of the eviction notice must be no later than May 31st. 

In most jurisdictions, if the last day of a notice period is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the notice period continues to run until the end of the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. This is called the “next judicial day;” in other words, the next day a courthouse is open.

Georgia counts only judicial days (i.e., no weekends or legal holidays) for notice periods of less than seven (7) days. Longer periods are counted normally.

How To Serve an Eviction Notice in Georgia

Georgia landlords may deliver an eviction notice using any of these methods:

  1. Hand delivery to the other party
  2. Hand delivery to a person of suitable age on the property who can accept the notice on behalf of the tenant, PLUS delivery by first class mail with a certificate of mailing
  3. Posting at a conspicuous place on the premises, such as the entry door, PLUS delivery by first class mail with a certificate of mailing

Mailed notice extends the notice period by three (3) calendar days, to account for variable delivery times.

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