Louisiana Notice to Vacate

Louisiana 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 Louisiana statute says

Ending a month-to-month tenancy: 10 calendar days

• Month-to-month lease: written notice of termination given at or before ten calendar days before the END OF THAT MONTH (La. C.C. art. 2728(2)); the notice must be in writing for an immovable used as a residence (art. 2729).
• A notice terminating an indeterminate-term lease counts as the art. 4701 notice to vacate ('If the lease has no definite term, the notice required by law for its termination shall be considered as a notice to vacate').

Exceptions

• Lease term longer than a month (e.g., year-to-year reconducted?): thirty calendar days before the end of that period (art. 2728(1)).

Ending a week-to-week tenancy: 5 calendar days

• Lease with a term of a week or longer but shorter than a month: five calendar days before the end of that period (art. 2728(3)); term shorter than a week: any time before the period expires (art. 2728(4)).

Tenant staying after the lease ends: 5 calendar days

• Expiration of a definite term ends the right of occupancy; the 5-day notice to vacate (art. 4701) applies and may be given not more than thirty days BEFORE the expiration of the term.

Exceptions

• Written waiver of notice in the lease dispenses with it.

Delivery, form and other Louisiana rules

Statewide just-cause rule

No statewide just-cause requirement

• No statewide good-cause requirement; indeterminate-term leases terminate by notice alone (C.C. arts. 2727-2728) and art. 4701 applies 'for any other reason'.

La. C.C. art. 2727; La. C.C.P. art. 4701 · read 2026-09-27

How the notice may be delivered

C.C.P. art. 4701 requires the written notice to be 'delivered to the lessee' (no method list; the 5 days run from the date of delivery). If the premises are abandoned or closed, or the lessee's/occupant's whereabouts are unknown, the notice may be attached to a door of the premises with the same effect as delivery or personal service (art. 4703).

La. C.C.P. art. 4701; art. 4703 · 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 Louisiana period for ending a month-to-month tenancy, it refuses a shorter one.

Create a Louisiana 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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