How to Give Your Landlord a 30-Day Notice

Most rental agreements call for the tenant to give notice before moving. In many cases, the required time is 30 days in advance of move-out. While you can give the notice verbally, it is better to submit a written 30-day notice to a landlord to provide a paper trail.

Things You'll Need

• Paper
• Computer
• Pen

Instructions

1. Date the 30-day notice first to avoid any disagreements about when you submitted the notice.

2. State the date you intend to move out in the first sentence.

3. Sign the 30-day notice and make a copy for your own records.

4. Deliver the 30-day notice in person to your landlord.

Tips & Warnings

• You can figure out your own prorated rent by dividing your rent by 30 days. Although there may be 28 days or 31 days in some months you still prorate on 30. If your rent is $1000.00 per month, then you would divide $1000.00 by 30 = $33.34. Then you would times $33.34 by 16 days which would equal $533.44.

• Your deposit can not be used to pay for rent. The deposit money and the rent money is suppose to be in separate bank accounts and a Landlord is not to use it to pay rent, so don't think, you can move in two weeks and he can just take the rent out of your deposit.

References

• California Department of Consumer Affairs: Moving Out