Montana Eviction Notice

Montana 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 Montana statute says

Unpaid rent: 3 days

• Rent unpaid when due; written notice of nonpayment and of the landlord's intention to terminate if rent is not paid within 3 days; landlord may terminate if tenant fails to pay within that period.

Lease violation: 14 days

• Written notice specifying the acts/omissions constituting the noncompliance and that the rental agreement terminates on a date not less than the minimum number of days after receipt if the breach is not remedied; general noncompliance (not listed in (1)(b), (1)(c) or (1)(f)) = 14 days.
• Unauthorized pet = 3 days; unauthorized persons residing in the unit = 3 days (curable by removal).

Exceptions

• Repeat of substantially the same noncompliance within 6 months: 5 days' notice, no cure (see eviction_notice_unconditional).

Ending the tenancy without a chance to cure: 3 days

• 3 days' written notice: tenant destroys, defaces, damages, impairs or removes any part of the premises in violation of 70-24-321(2) (subsection (3)); or tenant's conduct creates a reasonable potential that the premises may be damaged or destroyed or that neighboring tenants may be injured (subsection (4)); or noncompliance is verbal abuse of the landlord by a tenant ((1)(f)).
• 5 days' written notice specifying the noncompliance where substantially the same act or omission recurs within 6 months of a prior notice ((1)(e)).

Ending a month-to-month tenancy: 30 days

• Written notice at least 30 days prior to the termination date designated in the notice.

Delivery, form and other Montana rules

How the notice may be delivered

Notice is given when the person has actual knowledge of it, when delivered in hand, when mailed with a certificate of mailing or by certified mail (service deemed made 3 days after mailing), or when transmitted to the e-mail address provided in the rental agreement (complete on a read receipt or a non-automatic reply) (MCA 70-24-108). Posting is not listed.

MCA 70-24-108 · read 2026-09-27

Required form or contents

none found

• Notice must be written and specify the acts and omissions constituting the noncompliance and the termination date (70-24-422(1)); nonpayment notice must state nonpayment and the landlord's intention to terminate (70-24-422(2)).

MCA 70-24-422 · read 2026-09-27

Statewide just-cause rule

No statewide just-cause requirement

• No statewide just-cause requirement; MCA 70-24-429 itself refers to a landlord who 'issues a lawful 30-day notice' to end a month-to-month tenancy.

MCA 70-24-441; 70-24-429 · 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 Montana 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 Montana period and your deadline is too soon, the document is not prepared until you move it.

Create a Montana 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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