The LPA Newsletter - How to Help a Tenant Leave

If your tenant wishes to vacate tenancy properly, it usually means giving you, the landlord written Notice to Vacate in a time frame outlined by your lease agreement. Normally this allows the landlord enough time to prepare and find a new tenant for re-rental.

The usual steps a lease abiding tenant would take to terminate tenancy are:

1. Notify the landlord in writing within the proper number of days notice according to the lease. (Most leases require 30 days written notice before the last day of the last full month of occupancy, but many landlords require 60 or more days - In the absence of a written agreement, most states require a minimum of 30 days written notice.)
   Keep in mind that a tenant can only give a valid 30, 60 day or whatever notice during a Month to Month tenancy, unless that notice is coordinated with the expiration date of the lease.
   The LPA recommends having your tenants use the Tenant's Notice to Vacate Form found in our Free Forms area of this website. I give my tenants a copy of this form along with their copy of the lease agreement so they'll be able to give proper notice to vacate as agreed.
2. After notice is given to vacate, you can make arrangements with the tenants to show the rental to new prospective tenants.
3. About 2-3 weeks before the tenant's proposed moveout...

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