What's in an eviction notice answer
Each state page separates the three notices that start most evictions: unpaid rent, a lease violation, and the end of a tenancy. For each it gives the number of days, how the days are counted, how the notice must be delivered and the statute behind it. Every legal figure is tied to a cited source; see our methodology for how we verify each one.
A federal floor, and a state-by-state rest
One rule is federal. For a covered dwelling unit, the CARES Act provides that the lessor may not require the tenant to vacate before the date that is 30 days after the date on which the lessor provides a notice to vacate (15 U.S.C. 9058(c)). Which dwellings are covered is defined in the Act itself. Everything else is set by the state: the number of days for each reason, whether weekends and holidays count, whether the tenant can cure the problem, and what the notice must say.
A notice that is too short or defective can force a landlord to start over, and a tenant who misreads a deadline can lose the chance to respond.
After the notice period, the court process follows: see the Eviction Timeline Calculator.