The rule
- Landlord ends month-to-month
- 30 days
- Tenant ends month-to-month
- 30 days
- Week-to-week
- 10 days
- Unpaid rent
- 14 days
- Lease violation
- 14 days
- Unpaid rent
- 14 days to pay after written notice; the lease may waive notice (in 12-point bold type), but the 5-day late-fee grace period still applies.
- Lease violations
- 14-day notice; curable breaches may be remedied within 14 days. A repeat of the same breach within 6 months allows termination on 7 days’ notice. The URLTA applies only in counties over 75,000 population.
Law: Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 66-28-505, 66-28-512
Last reviewed September 30, 2026
Not legal advice. Statutes change; check the linked section.