A Vermont 7 Day Notice To Vacate is a letter which complies with state legal requirements to terminate a week-to-week tenancy with a written lease, or any week-to-week tenancy in a shared dwelling. The non-terminating party must receive notice at least seven (7) calendar days before the date of termination.
When To Use a Vermont 7 Day Notice To Vacate
A Vermont 7 Day Notice To Vacate ends a week-to-week tenancy with a written lease, and a week-to-week tenancy in a shared dwelling regardless of whether the lease is written. A shared dwelling is defined as one where the tenant shares a living room, kitchen or bathroom with other inhabitants.
Some types of Vermont 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 Vermont 7 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 Vermont 7 Day Notice To Vacate
Vermont landlords and tenants may deliver a lease termination notice in writing, using any of these methods:
- Hand delivery to the other party, at the other party’s last known address
- Mailing to the other party’s last known address, by first-class or certified mail
With mailed notice, Vermont law presumes the receiving party has received it after three (3) calendar days, unless there is evidence to the contrary.
Sources
- 1 9 V.S.A. § 4467(e)
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Termination for no cause under terms of written rental agreement. If there is a written rental agreement, the notice to terminate for no cause shall be at least 30 days before the end or expiration of the stated term of the rental agreement if the tenancy has continued for two years or less. The notice to terminate for no cause shall be at least 60 days before the end or expiration of the term of the rental agreement if the tenancy has continued for more than two years. If there is a written week-to-week rental agreement, the notice to terminate for no cause shall be at least seven days; however, a notice to terminate for nonpayment of rent shall be as provided in subsection (a) of this section
Source Link - 2 9 V.S.A. § 4467(h)
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Termination of shared occupancy. A rental arrangement whereby a person rents to another individual one or more rooms in his or her personal residence that includes the shared use of any of the common living spaces, such as the living room, kitchen, or bathroom, may be terminated by either party by providing actual notice to the other of the date the rental agreement shall terminate, which shall be at least 15 days after the date of actual notice if the rent is payable monthly and at least seven days after the date of actual notice if the rent is payable weekly.
Source Link - 3 9 Vt. Stat. Ann. § 4451(1)
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“Actual notice” means receipt of written notice hand-delivered or mailed to the last known address. A rebuttable presumption that the notice was received three days after mailing is created if the sending party proves that the notice was sent by first-class or certified U.S. mail.
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