The rule
- Landlord ends month-to-month
- 60 days
- Tenant ends month-to-month
- 30 days
- Week-to-week
- 7 days
- Unpaid rent
- 3 business days
- Lease violation
- 3 business days
- Unpaid rent
- 3-day notice to pay or quit, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and judicial holidays.
- Lease violations
- 3-day notice to cure or quit, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and judicial holidays.
Law: Cal. Civ. Code § 1946, § 1946.1; Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 1161
Last reviewed September 30, 2026
Not legal advice. Statutes change; check the linked section.