Indiana Eviction Notice

Indiana notice periods

Each period is the one LeaseCraft's record of the statute holds. Read it with the conditions under it: some periods are minimums and some apply unless the lease sets another. "Lease controls" means the record holds no statutory period for that situation, and "No pre-suit notice" means it holds no notice before filing. The source column shows the law and the date LeaseCraft read it on the official site (most recently 2026-09-27).

What the Indiana statute says

Unpaid rent: 10 calendar days

• Tenant refuses or neglects to pay rent when due: landlord may terminate the lease with not less than ten days' notice (IC 32-31-1-6).
• Notice is defeated if the tenant pays the rent in full before the notice period expires (32-31-1-6(2)).
• Statutory form in IC 32-31-1-7 ('not more than ten (10) days after you receive this notice unless you pay the rent due') — period runs from receipt.

Exceptions

• Not required if 'the parties otherwise agreed' (32-31-1-6(1)) — a lease may waive or shorten the notice.
• No notice required where the contract requires advance rent payment and the tenant refuses/neglects to pay it (32-31-1-8(5)).

Ending the tenancy without a chance to cure: No pre-suit notice

• No notice to quit is required when a tenant at will commits waste (IC 32-31-1-8(3)), when the tenant is a tenant at sufferance (32-31-1-8(4)), or when the lease fixes the termination time (32-31-1-8(2)).

Ending a month-to-month tenancy: 30 calendar days

• STATUTE SAYS 'one (1) month notice in writing, delivered to the tenant' for a tenancy at will (IC 32-31-1-1); a general tenancy with landlord's consent is a month-to-month tenancy (32-31-1-2); for periodic tenancies of not more than three months, notice equal to the interval between periods suffices (32-31-1-4).

Exceptions

• Does not apply to land used for agricultural purposes (32-31-1-2).
• No notice required where the lease fixes the termination time (32-31-1-8).

Tenant staying after the lease ends: No pre-suit notice

• No notice required to terminate where the landlord rented for a specified period or the contract specifies the termination time (IC 32-31-1-8(1)-(2)) or the tenant is a tenant at sufferance (32-31-1-8(4)).

Delivery, form and other Indiana rules

How the notice may be delivered

IC 32-31-1-9: serve the tenant; if the tenant cannot be found, serve a person residing at the premises and explain the contents of the notice; if no such person is found, affix a copy to a conspicuous part of the premises.

IC 32-31-1-9 · read 2026-09-27

Required form or contents

Statutory (sufficient, not mandatory) form for the 10-day nonpayment notice in IC 32-31-1-7: 'You are notified to vacate the following property not more than ten (10) days after you receive this notice unless you pay the rent due on the property within ten (10) days ...' with date, tenant name, property description and landlord signature; IC 32-31-1-5 gives a form for year-to-year termination. Official PDF: https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_32/Article_31/Chapter_1.pdf

IC 32-31-1-7; IC 32-31-1-5 · read 2026-09-27

Statewide just-cause rule

No statewide just-cause requirement

• No statewide good-cause requirement; tenancies at will/month-to-month terminable on one month's notice without cause (IC 32-31-1-1).

IC 32-31-1-1; IC 32-31-1-8 · read 2026-09-27

Preparing the notice

The form asks for the tenancy, the kind of notice and the dates, and the notice ends with a Certificate of Service to record how you delivered it. Beside the finished notice you get a Indiana checklist of the period, form and delivery rules LeaseCraft recorded. The period in the notice is the one you choose; where LeaseCraft has verified the Indiana period and your deadline is too soon, the document is not prepared until you move it.

Create a Indiana eviction notice

A notice is not a court order and does not by itself remove a tenant. Cities and counties can add rules. LeaseCraft is not a law firm and this is not legal advice.

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