Are Longer Or Shorter Notice Periods Allowed?
A. Shorter notice periods are allowed if agreed to in writing by both parties. The shortest notice period allowed by law is seven (7) days. If the period between rent payments is shorter than (30) days, then the notice can correspond to the shorter rent period. Sixty (60) Day Notices Q: When Must a Property Owner Use a Sixty (60) Day Notice? A: For a rent increase which, combined with other increases during the year, raises the rent more than 10% of the lowest rent charged within 12 months before the effective date of the new increase. To evict a tenant who has occupied the dwelling for one year or more. Q: How Do Tenants and Property Owners Serve Sixty (60) Day Notices? A. Fill out the forms in duplicate; fill in all the blanks; keep a copy for yourself. Service must be attempted in the following order: Give a copy to the tenant in person at his/her residence or place of business. Leave a copy with a fairly grown up child or adult at the tenant’s residence or place of business, tellin
