Maryland Eviction Notice

Maryland 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 Maryland statute says

Unpaid rent: 10 days

• Written notice of intent to file a claim in District Court; tenant may cure within 10 days after the notice is provided.
• Notice must be in the form created by the Maryland Judiciary (DC-CV-115).
• Complaint must state and affirm the date the notice was provided (2024 ch. 124 amendment).

Lease violation: 30 days

• Lease must provide that the landlord may repossess the premises prior to expiration for breach.
• 30 days' written notice that the tenant is in violation of the lease and the landlord desires to repossess.
• Court must find the breach 'substantial and warrants an eviction'.

Exceptions

• 14 days' notice where the tenant's (or invitee's) behavior demonstrates a clear and imminent danger of serious harm (see eviction_notice_unconditional).

Ending the tenancy without a chance to cure: 14 days

• Behavior by the tenant or a person on the property with the tenant's consent that demonstrates a clear and imminent danger of serious harm to self, other tenants, the landlord, landlord's property or representatives, or any other person on the property.

Ending a month-to-month tenancy: 60 days

• Written notice of intent to terminate given 60 days before the expiration of the tenancy (also applies to written leases for a stated term in excess of 1 week).

Exceptions

• Foreclosure-purchaser situations (outside Baltimore City/Montgomery County and landlords with 5+ units): at least 30 days for month-to-month/week-to-week.

Tenant staying after the lease ends: 60 days

• To bring a tenant-holding-over action after a written lease for a stated term expires, landlord must have given written notice of intent to terminate 60 days before expiration of the tenancy (90 days year-to-year; 7/21 days week-to-week).

Delivery, form and other Maryland rules

How the notice may be delivered

Non-payment notice (§8-401(c)): first-class mail with certificate of mailing, affixing to the door of the premises, or—if elected by the tenant—e-mail, text message or electronic tenant portal; breach notice (§8-402.1): sent by first-class mail; §8-402 termination notice: 'written notice', method unspecified.

Md. Code, Real Prop. §8-401(c)(1)(ii); §8-402.1(a)(1)(ii); §8-402(c) · read 2026-09-27

Required form or contents

Mandatory Judiciary form DC-CV-115 'Notice of Intent to File a Complaint for Summary Ejectment (Failure to Pay Rent)' (Rev. 10/2024) for non-payment; it includes Access to Counsel, rental-assistance and Court Help Center statements. https://www.mdcourts.gov/sites/default/files/court-forms/dccv115.pdf

• §8-401(c)(1)(ii): notice 'shall be in a form created by the Maryland Judiciary'.

Md. Code, Real Prop. §8-401(c)(1)(ii); Md. Judiciary form DC-CV-115 · read 2026-09-27

Statewide just-cause rule

No statewide just-cause requirement

• No statewide just-cause requirement; DHCD Tenants' Bill of Rights (eff. 2025-10-01) describes only notice periods for non-renewal.

Md. Code, Real Prop. §8-402; DHCD Maryland Tenants' Bill of Rights · read 2026-09-27

City and county rules

Could not verify LeaseCraft has not verified this at the official source (Montgomery County Code Ch. 29, §29-31; Takoma Park Landlord-Tenant Handbook), so this page states no rule. Check it before you serve the notice.

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 Maryland 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 Maryland period and your deadline is too soon, the document is not prepared until you move it.

Create a Maryland 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.