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It can be written by you or by your landlord. There has to be a written notice to vacate to end any periodic lease, including verbal month-to-month leases. Some leases say you have to give notice even if you plan to move on the lease ending date. The typeof notice required to end a lease depends on the type of lease and the length of the rent period.  \nEnding a Month to Month or Other Periodic Lease  \nWith a periodic lease, the rent period begins the day the rent is due and lasts until the rent is due again. If your rent is due on the first of each month, your rent period runs from the first of the month to the end of the month. Most periodic leases have a monthly rent period.  \nTo end a periodic lease, like a month-to-month lease, either you or your landlord must give proper written notice at least one full rent period before the move-out date. So, the notice must be delivered and received by 11:59 p. m. of the day before the next month’s rent is due if you want to end your lease at the end of next month.  \nFor example: let’s say you are renting month-to-month with rent due on the first of the month. You want to move out at the end of April. You have to give your landlord written notice that you want to move before the end of March. Your landlord has to get your written notice to vacate by 11:59 p.m., on March 31st.  \nIn order to be proper written notice, your letter needs to say you are ending the month-to-month lease and the date at the end of the month you will move out.  \nSo, for example, your letter would say,“I am ending our month-to-month lease at the end of April. I will vacate and move out of the rental property on or before April 30th.” You can fill out the letter attached or write your own.  \nIf you want to move but you don’t give a proper notice to vacate, your landlord may hold you responsible for extra months of rent, or longer, even if you move out before the next month begins.  \nIf your landlord wants you to move but does not give you proper notice to vacate, you can stay in your apartment until your landlord gives you another notice which is proper. You have to pay rent. Even if the notice isn’t done right, your landlord might still file an eviction against you. You need togo to court and show the judge that the notice was not proper.  \nNOTE: Not all periodic leases are month-to-month. Not all periodic leases have a one-month notice rule. Some periodic leases require 2 months’ notice, 60 days’ notice, or even 45 days’ notice. If you have a written lease, make sure you look at how much notice you have to give to move.  \nEnding or Changing a Fixed-Term Lease  \nA fixed-term lease is a lease for a period of time. This is usually one year but can be a different period of time. Most fixed-term leases have a“notice period” to end the lease. The notice period is the amount of time before the lease ends that you or the landlord have to give notice that you don’t want to renew or that the lease is ending.  \nGenerally, a lease for a fixed period of time can’t be changed or ended until the ending date that is written in the lease unless you and your landlord agree otherwise.  \nRead your lease  \nUsually, no notice is needed to end a fixed term lease (like a one-year lease) if you want to end it on the date given in the lease. But some fixed term leases require 30-or 60-days’ notice before the ending date. 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