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State rental rules & notice periods

Notice required to end a month-to-month residential tenancy, by state · Last verified July 2026

General information, not legal advice. These are the statutory defaults for ending a month-to-month tenancy without cause. Your lease can require more notice (never less than the legal minimum for the party giving it), cities can add their own rules, and laws change. USA Coliving Finder’s platform convention is at least 30 days’ written notice ending at month-end — where your state requires more from the party ending the tenancy, the longer legal minimum always controls. Confirm specifics with a licensed attorney in your state before acting.
StateLandlord must giveTenant must giveStatuteNotes & local quirks
Alabama30 days30 daysAla. Code § 35-9A-441Notice must precede a rental due date by 30+ days.
Alaska30 days30 daysAS § 34.03.290Termination date must be a rent-due date.
Arizona30 days30 daysARS § 33-1375Notice runs to a periodic rental date.
Arkansas30 days30 daysArk. Code § 18-17-704
Colorado (serviced)21 days (stay < 6 mo) · 28 days (6–12 mo) · 91 days (≥ 1 yr)Same tiersCRS § 13-40-107Two separate 12-month rules: the 91-day notice tier (§ 13-40-107) and HB24-1098 for-cause protections both attach at 12 months of cumulative occupancy (owner-occupied 1–3 unit homes are exempt from HB24-1098). The 11.75-month cap keeps a single stay under both — but renewing the same resident back-to-back can add up past 12 months, so treat the cap as a true maximum, not a renewal cycle.
ConnecticutNo fixed no-cause period; a 3-day Notice to Quit begins a court caseBy the end of the rental period (lease may set terms)CGS § 47a-23; § 47a-23cComplex — use an attorney. Connecticut has no simple month-to-month no-cause notice: the landlord serves a 3-day Notice to Quit and files a summary-process case (a proper officer or an indifferent person may serve it). Tenants 62+ or with a disability in buildings of 5+ units generally can’t be removed without cause (§ 47a-23c).
Delaware60 days60 days25 Del. C. § 5106Clock starts the 1st of the following month — effective notice can approach 90 days.
Florida30 days30 daysFla. Stat. § 83.57Raised from 15 days in 2023; notice runs to end of the rental period.
Georgia60 days30 daysO.C.G.A. § 44-7-7Landlords owe double the platform convention — plan ahead.
Hawaii45 days28 daysHRS § 521-71After the landlord’s 45-day notice, tenant may leave early owing only prorated rent.
Idaho1 month1 monthIdaho Code § 55-208No rental-period alignment required.
Illinois30 days statewide30 days735 ILCS 5/9-207Chicago: 30/60/120 days by tenancy length; Cook County 60; Evanston 90; Oak Park 60. Serve before the final rental period begins.
Indiana1 month1 monthInd. Code § 32-31-1-1Notice expires at end of a rental period; state preempts local rules.
Iowa30 days30 daysIowa Code § 562A.34Notice must run to a periodic rental date.
Kansas30 days30 daysK.S.A. § 58-2570Expires on a rent-paying date; military tenants 15 days.
Kentucky30 days (URLTA areas) · 1 month elsewhere30 days (URLTA areas)KRS § 383.695 / § 383.195URLTA applies only in adopting cities/counties (Louisville, Lexington, Covington & others).
Louisiana10 days before month-end10 days before month-endLa. Civ. Code art. 2728Shortest in the country; platform’s 30-day convention gives everyone more runway.
Maine30 days30 days14 M.R.S. § 6002Portland: 90 days for no-cause termination + rent control. Notice must state tenant’s right to contest.
Maryland60 days30 daysMd. Real Prop. § 8-402Baltimore City requires written tenant notice. Good-cause bills recur annually — watch.
MassachusettsFull rental month (≥ 30 days), ending on a rent daySameM.G.L. ch. 186, § 12Strict: mistimed notices are void — count rent-day to rent-day.
Michigan1 month1 monthMCL § 554.134Mistimed notice slides to end of next full period (not void).
MinnesotaOne rental periodOne rental periodMinn. Stat. § 504B.135Written; expires at end of a rental period.
Mississippi30 days30 daysMiss. Code § 89-8-19
Missouri1 month1 monthMo. Rev. Stat. § 441.060Expires on a periodic rent-paying date.
Montana30 days30 daysMCA § 70-24-441May end on any designated date; rent apportioned daily.
Nebraska30 days30 daysNeb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1437Notice runs to a periodic rental date.
Nevada30 days30 days (per lease/practice)NRS § 40.251Tenants 60+ or with a disability may request 30 extra days — the notice must say so. Separate 5-day notice precedes eviction.
New Mexico30 days30 daysNMSA § 47-8-37Notice runs to the periodic rental date; short notice rolls to the next one.
North Carolina7 days7 daysN.C.G.S. § 42-14Statutory default — a lease (like the platform’s 30-day convention) may require more.
North Dakota1 calendar month, ending at month-end1 calendar monthN.D.C.C. § 47-16-15Tenant may exit on 25 days’ notice if landlord changes terms.
Ohio30 days30 daysORC § 5321.17Notice runs to the periodic rental date.
Oklahoma30 days30 days41 O.S. § 111Runs from service — no alignment. Strict service rules.
Pennsylvania15 days (tenancies ≤ 1 yr)Per lease (one period customary)68 P.S. § 250.501Philadelphia requires good cause to non-renew tenancies under one year — attorney advised there.
Rhode Island30 days30 daysR.I.G.L. § 34-18-37Rent increases need 60 days’ notice — 120 days for tenants 62+ (§ 34-18-16.1).
South Carolina30 days30 daysS.C. Code § 27-40-770
South Dakota15 days (2 months if tenant/family on active military duty)One rental period (customary)SDCL § 43-8-8Landlord notice cut from 1 month to 15 days effective July 2024.
Tennessee30 days (URLTA counties)30 daysT.C.A. § 66-28-512Statute covers counties > 75,000 population; 30 days is safe practice elsewhere.
Texas1 month1 monthTex. Prop. Code § 91.001Ends on the later of the notice date or one month after; lease may vary.
Utah15 days before end of rental periodPer lease (15 days customary)Utah Code § 78B-6-802Notice expires at end of the rental period.
Virginia30 days30 daysVa. Code § 55.1-1253A longer 60-day notice applies only when an owner is non-renewing 20+ (or ≥50%) of its month-to-month tenancies within a 30-day window (2023 law).
West VirginiaOne full rental periodOne full rental periodW. Va. Code § 37-6-5Waivable by agreement.
Wisconsin28 days28 daysWis. Stat. § 704.19Ends on the last day of a rental period; state preempts local rules.
WyomingPer lease (no statute; 30 days customary)Per lease— (lease controls)Freedom-of-contract state — put notice terms in your lease.

States not yet open

California, New York, New Jersey, Oregon, Washington, New Hampshire, Vermont (and Washington, DC) are not yet open for listings. These jurisdictions have statewide just-cause / good-cause eviction regimes, rent-stabilization rules, or unusually complex notice requirements where generic guidance risks misleading landlords. We’ll open them after state-specific legal review. Want yours next? Join the waitlist.

How USA Coliving Finder’s conventions fit in

Platform-wide, listings are month-to-month with at least 30 days’ written notice ending at month-end. For tenants, 30 days meets or exceeds every open state’s minimum. For landlords, it satisfies every open state except Georgia, Delaware and Maryland (60 days), Hawaii (45 days), and local rules like Chicago’s tenancy-length tiers and Portland, Maine’s 90 days — in those places the longer legal period controls. In Colorado (our serviced state), the 11.75-month maximum stay keeps a single tenancy below the 12-month thresholds that trigger the 91-day notice tier and HB24-1098 for-cause protections; because those attach at 12 months of cumulative residency, landlords who renew the same resident should track total time in the home rather than assume each term resets the clock.

Statutes verified July 2026 against state legislature and legal-reference sources. This page is general information, not legal advice; always confirm current law with a licensed attorney in your state.