Kentucky Notice to Vacate

Kentucky 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 Kentucky statute says

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

• URLTA JURISDICTIONS: written notice at least thirty days before the periodic rental date specified in the notice (KRS 383.695(2)); same for tenant.
• NON-URLTA JURISDICTIONS: a tenancy at will or by sufferance may be terminated by the landlord giving one month's notice in writing requiring the tenant to remove (KRS 383.195) — 'one (1) month', not 30 days.

Ending a week-to-week tenancy: 7 calendar days

• URLTA JURISDICTIONS: week-to-week terminable by written notice at least seven days before the termination date specified in the notice (KRS 383.695(1)).

Exceptions

• Non-URLTA jurisdictions: KRS 383.195 (one month for tenancy at will) — no separate weekly rule found.

Tenant staying after the lease ends: 10 calendar days

• URLTA JURISDICTIONS: a tenancy begun upon the termination of a written lease may be terminated by written notice at least ten days before the termination date specified in the notice; if the tenant fails to pay rent within ten days after it becomes due, landlord may terminate at any time without notice (KRS 383.695(3)).
• Holdover without consent after expiration/termination: action for possession; willful bad-faith holdover exposes tenant to up to 3 months' rent or threefold actual damages (383.695(4)).

Exceptions

• Non-URLTA jurisdictions: tenant by sufferance — one month's written notice (KRS 383.195).

Delivery, form and other Kentucky rules

Statewide just-cause rule

No statewide just-cause requirement

• No statewide good-cause requirement in either regime; periodic tenancies terminable without cause on 30 days (URLTA) or one month (non-URLTA).

KRS 383.695; KRS 383.195 · read 2026-09-27

How the notice may be delivered

URLTA (KRS 383.560): a person gives notice by taking steps reasonably calculated to inform the other in ordinary course, whether or not the other actually comes to know of it; a tenant 'receives' notice when it comes to the tenant's attention or when it is hand-delivered or sent by registered or certified mail to the tenant's designated residence or last known place of residence. Non-URLTA jurisdictions: KRS 383.195 requires only notice 'in writing'; no method prescribed.

KRS 383.560; KRS 383.195 · read 2026-09-27

City and county rules

Kentucky's URLTA (KRS 383.505-383.715) applies only in cities, counties and urban-county governments that have enacted it 'in their entirety and without amendment' (KRS 383.500); no other local landlord-tenant ordinances are permitted on those subjects. The product must determine whether the rental unit is in an adopting jurisdiction (e.g., Louisville Metro, Lexington-Fayette per secondary sources — not verified) and otherwise apply KRS 383.195 and the lease.

KRS 383.500 · read 2026-09-27

Preparing the notice

The form asks for the tenancy, the date the tenant must leave and how the notice is delivered, and states the notice period plainly. You enter the period; where LeaseCraft has verified the Kentucky period for ending a month-to-month tenancy, it refuses a shorter one.

Create a Kentucky notice to vacate

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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