A Kentucky 7 Day Notice To Vacate is a letter that complies with state legal requirements to terminate a week-to-week lease, in jurisdictions which fall under the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act. The non-terminating party must receive notice at least seven (7) calendar days before the date of termination.
When To Use a Kentucky 7 Day Notice To Vacate
A Kentucky 7-Day Notice To Vacate ends a week-to-week lease, or a rental arrangement with no written lease where the tenant pays rent weekly. This form of notice applies to locations governed by the Kentucky Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act.
Some types of Kentucky lease termination notice may allow different reasons for termination, or different notice periods. This may also apply to an eviction notice issued because of a lease or legal violation.
How To Write a Kentucky 7 Day Notice To Vacate
To help ensure the legal compliance of a Notice To Vacate:
- Use the full name of the receiving parties, and address of record, if known
- Specify the termination date of the lease or tenancy
- Fill in the full address of the rental premises
- Provide updated/current address and phone number information
- Print name and sign the notice
- Complete the certificate of service by indicating 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 Serve a Kentucky 7 Day Notice To Vacate
Kentucky law, under the state Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (URLTA), lets a landlord or tenant deliver a written Notice To Vacate by any of the following methods:
- Hand delivery to the other party
- Deliveries to the landlord only: Delivery to the landlord’s place of business by any effective method
- Deliveries to the tenant only: Delivery by registered mail to the tenant’s address of record (or otherwise last known address)
- Delivery by certified mail to the other party’s address of record (or otherwise last known address)
When sending a notice by mail, add three (3) calendar days to the notice period to account for variability in post office delivery times.
Kentucky Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act
The following 4 counties and 15 cities have enacted the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (URLTA):
Counties:
- Pulaski County
- Oldham County
- Louisville-Jefferson County
- Lexington-Fayette County
Cities:
- Barbourville
- Bellevue
- Bromley
- Covington
- Dayton
- Florence
- Georgetown
- Ludlow
- Melbourne
- Newport
- Silver Grove
- Southgate
- Shelbyville
- Taylor Mill
- Woodlawn
If the property you are renting is not located in any of the cities or counties on the above list, then the Kentucky Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act does not apply to you.
Sources
- 1 KY Rev Stat § 383.695
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The landlord or the tenant may terminate a week-to-week tenancy by a written notice given to the other at least seven (7) days before the termination date specified in the notice.
Source Link - 2 Ky. Rev. Stat. § 383.560(3)
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(3) A person notifies or gives a notice or notification to another person by taking steps reasonably calculated to inform the other in ordinary course whether or not the other actually comes to know of it. A person receives a notice or notification when:
(a) It comes to his attention; or
(b) In the case of the landlord, it is delivered in writing at the place of business of the landlord through which the rental agreement was made or at any place held out by him as the place for receipt of the communications, or mailed by certified mail to him at his place of business or at any place held out by him as the place for receipt of any communication;
(c) In the case of the tenant, it is delivered in hand to the tenant or mailed by registered or certified mail to him at the place held out by him as the place for receipt of the communication, or in the absence of such designation, to his last known place of residence.
Source Link - 3 Ky. R. Civ. P. 6.05
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Whenever a party has the right or is required to do some act or take some proceedings within a prescribed period after the service of a notice or other paper upon him and the notice or paper is served upon him by mail or electronic service, 3 days shall be added to the prescribed period. This provision shall not apply to the service of summons by mail under Rule 4.01(1)(a).
Source Link - 4 Kentucky Housing Laws/Lexington Fair Housing
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The Kentucky Landlord/Tenant Act (officially known as the Uniform Residential Landlord Tenant Act, or URLTA)– The Kentucky Landlord/Tenant Act only applies in: Pulaski County, Oldham County, Jefferson County, Fayette County, Barbourville, Bellevue, Bromley, Covington, Dayton, Florence, Georgetown, Ludlow, Melbourne, Newport, Silver Grove, Southgate, Shelbyville, Taylor Mill, and Woodlawn.