Eviction Notice & Process
Rental Property Rules
The notice a landlord must give before filing to evict, pay-or-quit and cure-or-quit periods, no-cause termination notice, how long the court eviction process takes in this state, and the tenant's options to respond or cure.
Eviction Notice & Process Rules by State
Statewide law governs this topic in many states. Each entry links to that state's full page.
Alabama
Some RestrictionsUnder Ala. Code § 35-9A-421 an Alabama landlord must give 7 business days' written notice for unpaid rent (pay or quit) and 7 business days to cure a material lease violation. After…
Alaska
Some RestrictionsAlaska Stat. § 34.03.220 requires a 7-day written notice to pay or quit for nonpayment of rent and a 10-day notice to cure for other material lease violations. After notice expires…
Arizona
Some RestrictionsUnder A.R.S. § 33-1368, Arizona landlords must give a 5-day written notice for nonpayment of rent and a 10-day notice to cure for other material lease violations before filing…
Arkansas
Heavy RestrictionsArkansas offers two eviction tracks. The civil unlawful-detainer route (Ark. Code 18-60-304) requires 3 days' written notice to quit before suit, with no chance to pay and stay. The…
California
Heavy RestrictionsCalifornia evictions run through the unlawful detainer process. Under Code of Civil Procedure § 1161, nonpayment requires a 3-day notice to pay rent or quit (excluding weekends and…
Colorado
Some RestrictionsBefore filing an eviction for nonpayment of rent, a Colorado landlord must serve a standard residential tenant with 10 days' written notice to pay or quit under Colo. Rev. Stat. §…
Connecticut
Some RestrictionsConnecticut evictions begin with a notice to quit possession under Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 47a-23, giving the tenant at least three days to leave. If the tenant stays, the landlord files…
Delaware
Some RestrictionsFor nonpayment, Del. Code tit. 25 § 5502 requires a written demand giving the tenant not less than 5 days to pay before termination. For a lease or rule violation, § 5513 requires at…
District of Columbia
Heavy RestrictionsD.C. requires just cause to evict and gives strong tenant protections. For nonpayment, a landlord must serve written notice and may file only if at least $600 in rent is owed. A tenant…
Florida
Some RestrictionsFla. Stat. § 83.56 requires a 3-day notice to pay rent or vacate for nonpayment, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays from the count. For lease violations, the landlord…
Georgia
Some RestrictionsGeorgia eviction (a 'dispossessory' action) starts with a demand for possession under O.C.G.A. § 44-7-50; for nonpayment, 2024's Safe at Home Act adds a written notice giving 3…
Hawaii
Some RestrictionsHawaii requires written notice before eviction. For nonpayment of rent, HRS § 521-68 requires a written demand giving the tenant not less than five business days to pay before the…
Idaho
Few RestrictionsIdaho Code 6-303 makes a tenant guilty of unlawful detainer after defined breaches. For nonpayment of rent the landlord serves a three-day written notice to pay or quit; for other…
Illinois
Some RestrictionsIllinois requires a 5-day written notice for nonpayment of rent (735 ILCS 5/9-209), a 10-day notice to quit for lease violations (735 ILCS 5/9-210), and a 30-day termination notice for…
Indiana
Some RestrictionsFor nonpayment of rent, IC 32-31-1-6 lets a landlord terminate the lease with 'not less than ten (10) days notice,' and no eviction follows if the tenant pays in full before the period…
Iowa
Some RestrictionsIowa Code Sec. 562A.27(2) lets a landlord terminate after 3 days' written notice for nonpayment of rent. For other material lease breaches, Sec. 562A.27(1) requires a 7-day notice with…
Kansas
Some RestrictionsUnder K.S.A. 58-2564, a Kansas landlord must give a 3-day written notice for nonpayment of rent before terminating. For other material lease violations, the tenant gets a 30-day…
Kentucky
Some RestrictionsIn URLTA-adopting Kentucky jurisdictions, KRS 383.660 requires a 7-day written notice to pay or quit for nonpayment of rent. For other material lease violations, the landlord gives a…
Louisiana
Heavy RestrictionsLouisiana eviction begins with a written notice to vacate giving the lessee 'not less than five days' under La. C.C.P. art. 4701. If the lessee does not leave, the lessor files a rule…
Maine
Some RestrictionsBefore evicting, a Maine landlord must serve the proper written notice: 7 days for nonpayment of rent, 7 days for cause such as serious property damage, nuisance, or violence, and 30…
Maryland
Some RestrictionsFor failure to pay rent, Maryland now requires a 10-day written cure notice before filing summary ejectment (Real Property § 8-401). To evict for a lease breach, the landlord must give…
Massachusetts
Heavy RestrictionsFor nonpayment of rent, Massachusetts requires a 14-day notice to quit under M.G.L. c. 186 § 11 (leases) or § 12 (tenancies at will). After the notice expires, the landlord must bring…
Michigan
Some RestrictionsBefore evicting, a Michigan landlord must serve the correct written demand: 7 days for nonpayment of rent, 7 days for serious health hazards, extensive damage, or physical violence…
Minnesota
Some RestrictionsSince a 2023 amendment, Minn. Stat. Sec. 504B.321, subd. 1a requires a landlord to give a tenant 14 days' written notice before filing an eviction for nonpayment of rent. The notice…
Mississippi
Some RestrictionsUnder Miss. Code section 89-8-13, a landlord evicting for nonpayment must serve written notice that the agreement will terminate if rent is not paid within 3 days. For other material…
Missouri
Some RestrictionsMissouri uses two main paths. For nonpayment, the rent-and-possession action (RSMo 535.010 et seq.) requires the landlord to demand the rent, then file a verified statement asking the…
Montana
Some RestrictionsUnder Mont. Code Ann. § 70-24-422, a Montana landlord may terminate for unpaid rent if the tenant fails to pay within 3 days after written notice. Most lease violations carry a 14-day…
Nebraska
Some RestrictionsUnder Neb. Rev. Stat. 76-1431, nonpayment of rent requires a 7-day written notice to pay or vacate before a landlord may terminate. A material lease breach requires written notice…
Nevada
Some RestrictionsFor nonpayment, NRS 40.253 requires a 7-judicial-day pay-or-quit notice before summary eviction. Nevada uses a unique 'tenant-initiated' process: the tenant must file an affidavit…
New Hampshire
Some RestrictionsNew Hampshire requires a written notice to quit before eviction. RSA 540:3 sets 7 days' notice for nonpayment of rent and the most serious grounds, and 30 days for other reasons. For…
New Jersey
Heavy RestrictionsUnder New Jersey's Anti-Eviction Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1, a landlord may evict a covered tenant only on a statutory good-cause ground. Non-payment under subsection a. needs no advance…
New Mexico
Some RestrictionsFor nonpayment of rent, NMSA 47-8-33(D) requires a 3-day written notice to pay or quit before the owner may terminate. A material lease breach affecting health or safety gets a 7-day…
New York
Heavy RestrictionsBefore filing a nonpayment eviction, a New York landlord must serve a 14-day written rent demand under RPAPL Section 711. The demand requires, in the alternative, payment of rent or…
North Carolina
Some RestrictionsFor nonpayment of rent, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42-3 requires a 10-day demand for past-due rent before the lease term is forfeited. The landlord then files summary ejectment under Article 3…
North Dakota
Some RestrictionsUnder N.D. Cent. Code § 47-32-01, a landlord may evict when a tenant holds over or 'fails to pay rent for three days after the rent is due.' Section 47-32-02 then requires three days'…
Ohio
Some RestrictionsBefore filing an eviction in Ohio, a landlord must serve a 3-day notice to leave the premises under Ohio Revised Code 1923.04, including specific statutory warning language. The…
Oklahoma
Some RestrictionsUnder Okla. Stat. tit. 41 § 131, an Oklahoma landlord may terminate for unpaid rent if the tenant fails to pay within 5 days after written demand. Other lease breaches get a 10-day…
Oregon
Heavy RestrictionsFor nonpayment of rent under ORS 90.394, an Oregon landlord must serve written notice giving 10 days to pay (no sooner than the 8th day of the period) or 13 days (no sooner than the…
Pennsylvania
Some RestrictionsUnder 68 P.S. Section 250.501, a Pennsylvania landlord must serve a written notice to quit before eviction: 10 days for nonpayment of rent, and 15 days (term of one year or less) or 30…
Rhode Island
Some RestrictionsFor nonpayment, R.I. Gen. Laws Sec. 34-18-35 lets a landlord send a demand only after rent is 15 days in arrears, then the tenant has 5 days from mailing to cure before the lease…
South Carolina
Some RestrictionsUnder S.C. Code § 27-40-710, a landlord may terminate for nonpayment if rent stays unpaid for 5 days after it is due and the landlord gives written notice. For other material lease…
South Dakota
Heavy RestrictionsSouth Dakota evictions run under the forcible-entry-and-detainer chapter, SDCL 21-16. In 2024 (SL 2024, ch 75) the legislature repealed the statutory 3-day notice to quit (former SDCL…
Tennessee
Some RestrictionsIn URLTA counties, Tenn. Code 66-28-505 gives a tenant 14 days to cure nonpayment of rent or another remediable breach before the lease terminates. Dangerous or violent conduct allows…
Texas
Some RestrictionsUnder Tex. Prop. Code § 24.005, a Texas landlord must give a defaulting or holdover tenant at least three days' written notice to vacate before filing a forcible detainer (eviction)…
Utah
Some RestrictionsUtah eviction begins with a notice to quit under Utah Code 78B-6-802. Nonpayment of rent requires a 3-business-day pay-or-quit notice; lease violations require a 3-calendar-day…
Vermont
Some RestrictionsVermont requires written notice before eviction. For nonpayment of rent, 9 V.S.A. § 4467(a) requires at least 14 days' actual notice, which the tenant can cure by paying the rent due…
Washington
Heavy RestrictionsFor nonpayment of rent, a Washington landlord must serve a 14-day pay-or-vacate notice in the form set by RCW 59.18.057 before filing an unlawful detainer under RCW 59.12.030…
West Virginia
Few RestrictionsWest Virginia requires no pre-suit notice before filing to evict for nonpayment of rent. Under W. Va. Code § 55-3A-1 a landlord may file a verified wrongful-occupation petition in…
Wisconsin
Some RestrictionsWis. Stat. Sec. 704.17 sets the pre-eviction notice. For nonpayment of rent on a month-to-month tenancy or a lease of one year or less, the landlord gives a 5-day notice to pay or…
Wyoming
Few RestrictionsWyoming evictions run under the forcible entry and detainer statutes. Under Wyo. Stat. § 1-21-1002 a landlord may proceed against a tenant holding over or after rent is unpaid for…
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