Notice periods to end a tenancy

Plain language

To end a month-to-month tenancy: 30 days' notice if the tenant has lived there less than a year, and 60 days' notice if a year or more. Just-cause rules (AB 1482) may also require a reason and relocation help.

Statute text

Civil Code §1946.1 sets the notice to terminate a periodic (e.g., month-to-month) tenancy: 30 days if the tenant has resided in the unit less than one year, and 60 days if one year or more. For covered units under AB 1482, the landlord additionally needs just cause and, for no-fault terminations, must pay relocation assistance. These periods are separate from the short notices used for nonpayment or lease violations.

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