The rule
- Landlord ends month-to-month
- 15 days
- Tenant ends month-to-month
- No fixed period
- Week-to-week
- 15 days
- Unpaid rent
- 3 business days
- Lease violation
- 3 days
- Unpaid rent
- 3 business days’ notice to pay rent or vacate.
- Lease violations
- 3 calendar days to cure or vacate for breach of a lease covenant; 3-day notice to quit for waste, nuisance, unlawful business, or criminal acts. Periodic-tenancy notice is 15 calendar days before the end of the rental period (weekly included); 5 days for tenancies at will. No statute sets the tenant’s notice.
Last reviewed September 30, 2026
Not legal advice. Statutes change; check the linked section.