A Montana 3 Day Notice To Quit is a letter which complies with state legal requirements to begin eviction against a tenant for nonpayment of rent. The tenant must pay the balance due or move out within three (3) calendar days of receiving notice.
When To Use a Montana 3 Day Notice To Quit
A Montana 3 Day Notice To Quit begins the eviction process when the tenant is late on rent. A landlord may deliver this notice when any portion of the rent remains unpaid, beginning the day after it’s normally due.
Some types of Montana 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 Montana 3 Day Notice To Quit
To help ensure the legal compliance of a Notice To Quit:
- Use the full name of the receiving parties, and address of record, if known
- Specify the termination date of the lease or tenancy
- Specify the basis for terminating the tenancy, and the payment necessary to avoid termination
- 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 Montana 3 Day Notice To Quit
Montana landlords may deliver a Notice To Quit using any of these methods:
- Hand delivery to the other party
- Delivery by certified mail with return receipt, OR by first class mail with a certificate of mailing
- Electronic notice (via email), only if both parties have agreed to accept this as a valid form of notice
Electronic notice is considered delivered when replied to, or when a read receipt is generated by the relevant system.
To account for variable delivery times, mailed notice extends the notice period by three (3) calendar days.
Sources
- 1 MT Code § 70-24-422
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If rent is unpaid when due and the tenant fails to pay rent within 3 days after written notice by the landlord of nonpayment and the landlord’s intention to terminate the rental agreement if the rent is not paid within that period, the landlord may terminate the rental agreement, and the tenant shall vacate the premises if the landlord terminates the rental agreement.
Source Link - 2 Mont. Code § 70-24-108(1)
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A person has notice of a fact if any of the following is true:
(a) the person has actual knowledge of it; (b) in the case of a landlord, it is delivered at the place of business of the landlord through which the rental agreement was made; (c) in the case of a tenant or a landlord, it is transmitted to an electronic mail address provided by the tenant or the landlord in the rental agreement. Notice by electronic mail is complete on receipt of a read receipt generated by an electronic mail system or an electronic mail reply other than an automatically generated electronic mail reply. (d) in the case of a landlord or tenant, it is delivered in hand to the landlord or tenant or mailed with a certificate of mailing or by certified mail to the person at the place indicated by the person as the place for receipt of the communication or, in the absence of a designation, to the person’s last-known address. If notice is made with a certificate of mailing or by certified mail, service of the notice is considered to have been made on the date 3 days after the date of mailing.
