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How much notice does a landlord have to give a tenant to move out in North Carolina?
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End a periodic tenancy with notice: 7 days for month-to-month, 2 days for week-to-week, one month for year-to-year
Notice: At least 7 days before the lease ends (7 days for month-to-month tenancy; 2 days for week-to-week tenancy; 31 days for year-to-year (one month or more) tenancy)
To end a periodic tenancy, give a notice to quit before the end of the current period: at least seven days for a month-to-month tenancy, two days for week-to-week, and one month or more before the end of the current year for year-to-year. A fixed-term lease ends on its own date unless the lease requires notice.
"A tenancy from year to year may be terminated by a notice to quit given one month or more before the end of the current year of the tenancy; a tenancy from month to month by a like notice of seven days; a tenancy from week to week, of two days." ncleg.gov
Before ending a lease for unpaid rent: make a demand and allow 10 days to pay Verified
Deadline: At least 10 days after demanding all past-due rent (unless the lease provides otherwise)
When rent is unpaid, a lease is forfeited only if the tenant fails to pay within 10 days after you (or your agent) demand all past-due rent. Allow the full 10 days before treating the lease as ended.
"there shall be implied a forfeiture of the term upon failure to pay the rent within 10 days after a demand is made by the lessor or his agent on said lessee for all past-due rent" ncleg.gov
Notes: N.C. Gen. Stat. 42-3.
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End a periodic tenancy with notice: 7 days for month-to-month, 2 days for week-to-week, one month for year-to-year Verified
Deadline: At least 7 days before the lease ends (7 days for month-to-month tenancy; 2 days for week-to-week tenancy; 31 days for year-to-year (one month or more) tenancy)
To end a periodic tenancy, give a notice to quit before the end of the current period: at least seven days for a month-to-month tenancy, two days for week-to-week, and one month or more before the end of the current year for year-to-year. A fixed-term lease ends on its own date unless the lease requires notice.
"A tenancy from year to year may be terminated by a notice to quit given one month or more before the end of the current year of the tenancy; a tenancy from month to month by a like notice of seven days; a tenancy from week to week, of two days." ncleg.gov
Notes: N.C. Gen. Stat. 42-14. The year-to-year variant uses 31 days for 'one month or more'; leases may require longer notice.
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