To end a month-to-month tenancy, most states require written notice at least 30 days (or one rental period) before the termination date — 36 of 51 U.S. jurisdictions use a 30-day or one-month rule. Four states require 60 days (Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, and Vermont), Hawaii requires 45 for landlords, and a few allow shorter periods. Fixed-term leases are different: they normally end on their own end date without a statutory notice.
The table below lists every state's month-to-month termination notice period, week-to-week and just-cause variations, and the statute behind each rule.
Last updated · Verified against each state's official statute publisher
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| State | Termination notice | Key conditions | Statute |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 30 days | Month-to-month = 30 days; week-to-week = 7 days (§ 35-9A-441(a)). | Ala. Code § 35-9A-441(b) |
| Alaska | 30 days | Month-to-month = 30 days; week-to-week = 14 days (§ 34.03.290(a)). | Alaska Stat. § 34.03.290(b) |
| Arizona | 30 days | Month-to-month = 30 days; week-to-week = 10 days (§ 33-1375(A)). | Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 33-1375(B) |
| Arkansas | 30 days | Month-to-month = 30 days; week-to-week = 7 days. Willful holdover exposes tenant to up to 3 months' rent or twice actual damages plus fees. | Ark. Code § 18-17-704 |
| California | 30 days | 30 days if all tenants <1 year; 60 days if any tenant ≥1 year. AB 1482 (§ 1946.2) adds statewide just-cause after 12 months for many units. | Cal. Civ. Code § 1946.1 |
| Colorado | 21 days | Tiered: >=1 year = 91 days; >=6 months-<1 year = 28 days; month-to-month = 21 days; >=1 week-<1 month = 3 days; <1 week = 1 day. | Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-40-107(1)(c) |
| Connecticut | 3 days | Connecticut uses a Notice to Quit (3 full days, not counting service or move-out date), not a fixed 30-day month-to-month period. Leases often contract for longer notice. | Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-23(a) |
| Delaware | 60 days | Month-to-month = 60 days. Fixed-term leases need at least 60 days' notice before expiration to terminate/modify at end of term (§ 5107). | 25 Del. C. § 5106(d) |
| District of Columbia | 30 days | No landlord no-fault termination. Ground-specific periods: obligation violation = 30 days; court-determined illegal act = 30 days; owner/purchaser personal use = 90 days; substantial rehab = 120 days; demolition/discontinuance = 180 days. | D.C. Code § 42-3505.01 |
| Florida | 30 days | Increased from 15 to 30 days by ch. 2023-314 (eff. July 1, 2023). Year-to-year = 60 days; quarter-to-quarter = 30 days; week-to-week = 7 days. | Fla. Stat. § 83.57(3) |
| Georgia | 60 days | Asymmetric: landlord = 60 days; tenant = 30 days. Separate from the § 44-7-50 demand for possession. | O.C.G.A. § 44-7-7 |
| Hawaii | 45 days | Landlord = 45 days; tenant = 28 days (§ 521-71(b)). At least 120 days' notice for voluntary demolition, condo conversion, or change to transient vacation-rental use. | HRS § 521-71(a) |
| Idaho | 1 month | One calendar month minimum; applies to either party. | Idaho Code § 55-208 |
| Illinois | 30 days | Week-to-week = 7 days (§ 9-207(a)); year-to-year = 60 days (§ 9-205). Chicago RLTO and some municipalities require longer (60/120 days by tenancy length). | 735 ILCS 5/9-207 |
| Indiana | 1 month | Primary month-to-month = one month written notice. Quarter/year tenancies terminate at end of the current quarter/year (year-to-year form in § 32-31-1-5). | Ind. Code § 32-31-1-1 |
| Iowa | 30 days | Month-to-month = 30 days; week-to-week = 10 days (§ 562A.34(1)). | Iowa Code § 562A.34(2) |
| Kansas | 30 days | Week-to-week = 7 days (§ 58-2570(a)). Military-orders exception: a servicemember may give not more than 15 days' notice. | K.S.A. 58-2570(b) |
| Kentucky | 30 days | URLTA-only. Week-to-week = 7 days (§ 383.695(1)); tenancy after a written lease may end on 10 days' notice. (Local-adoption caveat applies.) | KRS 383.695(2) |
| Louisiana | 10 days | Tiers: month = 10 days; longer than a month = 30 days; week-to-week = 5 days. Definite-term leases use art. 4701's 30-day-before-expiration rule. | La. Civ. Code art. 2728 |
| Maine | 30 days | For-cause grounds allow 7-day notice. Some municipalities (e.g. Portland) impose longer no-cause periods by ordinance. | 14 M.R.S. § 6002 |
| Maryland | 60 days | Tiers: week-to-week = 7 days (written lease) or 21 days; year-to-year (non-farm) = 90 days; farm = 180 days. Baltimore City & Montgomery County have their own local rules — verify locally. | Md. Code, Real Prop. § 8-402(c)(2)(i) |
| Massachusetts | 30 days | Controlling rule: 'interval between days of payment OR thirty days, whichever is longer.' No cause required (subject to anti-retaliation/anti-discrimination limits). | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 12 |
| Michigan | 1 month | Tiered: interval-based, capped at one rent period when the interval is under 3 months; 7-day for nonpayment on a lease at will (554.134(2)); year-to-year = one-year notice. | MCL 554.134(1) |
| Minnesota | 1 month | Capped at 3 months: required notice = min(rent-payment interval, 3 months). Monthly rent = one month; weekly = one week. | Minn. Stat. § 504B.135(a) |
| Mississippi | 30 days | No termination notice is required when either party commits a substantial violation materially affecting health or safety. | Miss. Code Ann. § 89-8-19 |
| Missouri | 1 month | Written, at least one full month, landing on a rent-paying date. Mobile-home lot tenants get not sooner than 60 days from the next rent-due date. | Mo. Rev. Stat. § 441.060 |
| Montana | 30 days | Week-to-week = 7 days. Fixed-term leases expire per their own terms. | MCA § 70-24-441(1) |
| Nebraska | 30 days | Week-to-week = 7 days. Willful bad-faith holdover exposes tenant to up to 3 months' rent or treble damages plus fees. | Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1437(2) |
| Nevada | 30 days | Weekly tenancy = 7 days. A tenant 60+ or with a disability may REQUEST an additional 30 days (total 60) with proof. | NRS 40.251 |
| New Hampshire | 30 days | 30-day floor with 7-day exceptions for certain grounds. Good-cause requirement applies to restricted property. Rent-increase terminations need at least 30 days' notice. Since 2026-07-01 the good-cause list also includes expiration of a 12-month-or-longer lease term under RSA 540:2, II(i), which additionally requires a separate 60-day non-renewal notice and a possessory action within 6 months — the notice to quit itself stays 30 days. | RSA 540:2 and RSA 540:3 |
| New Jersey | No statutory notice period | No single termination value — ground-specific: refusal of reasonable lease changes = 1 month; owner personal use after conversion = 2 months; demolition/board-up = 3 months; permanent retirement from residential use = 18 months; condo/coop conversion = 3 years. EXEMPT: owner-occupied ≤2 units, seasonal. | N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1 (good cause); no-cause bar 2A:18-61.3 |
| New Mexico | 30 days | A notice short of 30 days is effective for the next ensuing rental date. Week-to-week = 7 days. | NMSA 1978 § 47-8-37(B) |
| New York | 30 days | RPL 226-c tiers (HSTPA 2019): <1 year = 30 days; 1-2 years = 60 days; 2+ years = 90 days. Same tiers apply to rent increases of 5%+. | RPL 226-c |
| North Carolina | 7 days | Tiers: year-to-year = 1 month; month-to-month = 7 days; week-to-week = 2 days. Manufactured-home lot rental requires at least 60 days' notice. | N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42-14 |
| North Dakota | 1 month | Any residential agreement requiring more than one month's notice must be initialed by the tenant, or the tenant may terminate on one month's notice (§ 47-16-15(4)). | N.D. Cent. Code § 47-16-15(2) |
| Ohio | 30 days | Week-to-week = at least 7 days (§ 5321.17(A)). | Ohio Rev. Code § 5321.17(B) |
| Oklahoma | 30 days | Week-to-week / less than month-to-month = at least 7 days (§ 111(A)). | 41 Okla. Stat. § 111(B) |
| Oregon | 30 days | After the first year, landlord generally may NOT terminate month-to-month without cause; where allowed (qualifying landlord reason) at least 90 days' notice + possible relocation assistance. Add 3 days if served by first-class mail. | ORS 90.427 |
| Pennsylvania | 15 days | Notice period keyed to lease length, not tenancy type. Manufactured-home park tenants get longer periods. Notice may be waived by the tenant in the lease. | 68 Pa. Stat. § 250.501(b) |
| Rhode Island | 30 days | Week-to-week tenancies require at least 10 days' notice. | R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-37 |
| South Carolina | 30 days | Week-to-week = at least 7 days' written notice. | S.C. Code Ann. § 27-40-770(b) |
| South Dakota | 1 month | Under SDCL 43-32-13, changing rental-agreement terms requires at least 30 days' notice (landlord) / 15 days (tenant). Month-to-month termination is effectively one month / 30 days. | SDCL 43-32-15 |
| Tennessee | 30 days | Week-to-week = 10 days' notice. URLTA counties only (>75,000 population). | Tenn. Code § 66-28-512 |
| Texas | 1 month | For rent periods shorter than a month, notice equals the rent-paying period. After termination, a 3-day notice to vacate (§ 24.005) must still be served before filing. | Tex. Prop. Code § 91.001 |
| Utah | 15 days | Month-to-month = 15 days; tenancy at will = 5 days (§ 78B-6-802(1)(a)). | Utah Code § 78B-6-802(1)(b) |
| Vermont | 60 days | With a written agreement, no-cause termination requires at least 30 days (≤2 yrs) or 60 days (>2 yrs). Some municipalities (Burlington, Barre, Winooski) impose just-cause requirements. | 9 V.S.A. § 4467(c) |
| Virginia | 30 days | Week-to-week = 7 days. Lease may provide a different period. | Va. Code § 55.1-1253(A) |
| Washington | 20 days | Statewide just-cause: landlord has no true no-cause termination. Tenant figure = 20 days. Landlord good-cause notices: 90 days for owner/family move-in or sale of a single-family residence; 60 days for certain other causes. | RCW 59.18.200 (tenant); RCW 59.18.650 (landlord good-cause) |
| West Virginia | 1 month | Month-to-month = one full rental period (one month); year-to-year = 3 months. Does not apply where the tenancy ends on a fixed date or the parties agreed to a different period. | W. Va. Code § 37-6-5 |
| Wisconsin | 28 days | 28-day standard for month-to-month/at-will. Year-to-year requires at least 28 days before the end of the year. | Wis. Stat. § 704.19 |
| Wyoming | Varies — commonly 30 days in practice | PRACTICE-BASED (verified 2026): the 30-day figure rests on common-law practice and Wyoming court self-help guidance, not a code section — § 1-21-1203 (Residential Rental Property Act) governs habitability/repair-based termination, NOT general periodic-tenancy notice. Have counsel confirm; lease terms control where specified. | Wyo. common law / court self-help guidance (no M2M statute) |
Periods marked “Varies” are not fixed by a statute we could verify — treat them as guidance, not firm legal deadlines. “No statutory notice period” means the state sets no fixed number, so the lease and general law govern. Local ordinances can add stricter rules. Verified July 2, 2026 against each state's official statute publisher.
A periodic (month-to-month) tenancy renews automatically until one side ends it with written notice. State statutes set the minimum notice — most commonly 30 days or one month, often measured to the next rental due date rather than 30 days from delivery. Week-to-week tenancies almost always have shorter periods, listed in the key-conditions column.
In most states a landlord may end a month-to-month tenancy without giving a reason, as long as the notice is proper and the motive isn't retaliatory or discriminatory. A few states are different: New Jersey generally requires statutory good cause to remove a residential tenant, and Washington requires landlords to have a statutory cause. Some cities add their own just-cause ordinances — local law can be stricter than the state rule shown here.
The periods in this table govern periodic tenancies. A fixed-term lease typically ends on the date written in the lease without statutory notice — though many leases add their own non-renewal notice requirement, and some states or cities require notice before non-renewal or a rent increase. Always check the lease itself.
In 36 of 51 U.S. jurisdictions, 30 days or one month. Four states require 60 days (Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, and Vermont) and Hawaii requires 45 days for landlord terminations. Eight allow less: Connecticut uses a 3-day notice to quit, North Carolina 7 days, Louisiana 10 days, Pennsylvania and Utah 15 days, Washington 20 days (that's the tenant's notice — landlords there need a statutory cause), Colorado 21 days, and Wisconsin 28 days.
Generally no. A fixed-term lease ends on the end date written in the lease, without a statutory termination notice. These statutory periods apply to periodic (month-to-month or week-to-week) tenancies — though your lease may add its own non-renewal notice requirement, and some jurisdictions require separate notice for non-renewal or rent increases.
In most states, yes, for a month-to-month tenancy with proper written notice — but never for a retaliatory or discriminatory reason. New Jersey is the major exception: landlords there generally need statutory good cause. Washington also requires a statutory cause for landlord terminations, and a number of cities have local just-cause eviction ordinances.
Wyoming has no statute fixing a month-to-month termination period — a 30-day notice is the widely followed practice per court self-help guidance, but it is not a statutory deadline, and the lease controls where it specifies a period. Where no statute applies, the lease and common law govern.
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