What is a Three Day Notice to Cure or Quit?
• This notice must be served when the tenant has failed to comply with a term of the rental agreement between you and the tenant, and in some cases, broken the law. • The tenant must cease breaking the contract within three days or vacate the property. Common reasons for a Three Day Cure or Quit is a pet in the rental unit or more people living in the rental unit than is allowed under the rental agreement. Since late charges cannot be demanded on the Three Day Notice to Pay Rent of Quit, if the landlord wants to start an eviction based upon non-payment of a late charge, the proper notice to give is a Three Day Cure or Quit, with the item to cure being the payment of the late charge. • If the matter goes to trial, the landlord must prove that the tenant was in breach of the lease at the time the notice was served and failed to stop the breach within the three day period. Therefore, the Three Day Cure or Quit is the inappropriate notice to give for intermittent problems such as loud musi
