A Tennessee 60 Day Notice To Vacate is a letter which complies with state legal requirements to deliver notice of non-renewal for rentals with a term of one (1) year or more, located in Davidson County. The non-terminating party must receive notice at least sixty (60) calendar days before the date of termination.
When To Use a Tennessee 60 Day Notice To Vacate
A Tennessee 60 Day Notice to Vacate serves as a notice of non-renewal of the lease for rentals with a term of one (1) year or longer, located in the city of Nashville or Davidson County. Either the landlord or the tenant may provide this notice as appropriate.
This form of notice, in URLTA counties, also terminates a lease in a senior living facility (for people 55 and older) that receives federal funding, when the facility is scheduled to be demolished or completely renovated.
Some types of Tennessee 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 Tennessee 60 Day Notice To Vacate
To help ensure the legal compliance of a Notice To Vacate:
- Use the full name of the receiving party, 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 Tennessee 60 Day Notice To Vacate
Tennessee landlords and tenants may deliver a lease termination notice using any of these methods:
- Hand delivery to the other party
- Delivery by mail
- Electronic delivery (e.g. email or through an online portal), if the receiving party has agreed in writing to this form of notice
Notice must be delivered to the other party’s last known address or address of record. Agreement to accept electronic notice cannot be a requirement for entering into a lease.
Sources
- 1 Nashville Municipal Code Chapter 11.22 - Residential Landlord Tenant Regulations, Section 11.22.030
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Required notice for termination of non-renewal of a lease.A. In the absence of a written rental agreement that requires sixty days or more written notice of intent not to renew a lease, a landlord must provide to a tenant written notice of at least sixty days prior to the end of the lease of any intention not to renew the lease.Source Link
B. This section shall apply only to leases for a term of one year or greater
- 2 Tenn. Code § 66-28-106
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(a) Either party has notice of a fact if such person:
(1) Has actual knowledge of it; or (2) Has been given written notice. (b) All parties must give written notice to the last known or designated address contained in the lease agreement. - 3 Tenn. Code § 66-28-108
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If the tenant provides an electronic mail address in the rental agreement, any notification required to be sent to the tenant pursuant to this chapter may be made by the landlord through electronic notification to such mail address, unless a provision in this chapter requires a specific form of notification other than electronic notification; provided, however, that the landlord shall not require the tenant to provide an electronic mail address as a condition of entering into a rental agreement.
Source Link - 4 Tenn. Code § 66-28-5
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(a) As used in this section:
(1) “Facility” means a facility that:
(A) Provides housing for older persons, as defined in 42 U.S.C. §3607(b)(2)(C); and
(B) Receives federal financial assistance that subjects it to Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. § 794);
(2) “New property development” means:
(i) Razing a facility to use the real property on which the facility is located for purposes other than to provide housing for older persons, as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 3607(b)(2)(C); or
(ii) Renovating a facility in a manner that requires the tenants of the facility to vacate the facility in order to turn the facility into residential housing offered at a market rate; and
(3) “Residential tenant” means a residential tenant who has a lease or other agreement to live in a facility and who is fifty-five (55) years of age or older.
(b) A landlord shall provide sixty (60) days’ notice of termination of tenancy for the purpose of eviction of a residential tenant of a facility if:
(1) The tenant has paid the tenant’s rent due and is not in arrears on rent payments; and
(2) The termination and eviction are to allow for new property development.
(c) This section does not abrogate a landlord’s right to terminate a tenancy for a violation of another law or of the lease or tenancy agreement.
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