Virginia Notice to Vacate

Virginia 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 Virginia statute says

Ending a month-to-month tenancy: 30 days

• Written notice given at least 30 days prior to the next rent due date, 'unless the rental agreement provides for a different notice period' (55.1-1253 A).
• Multifamily premises: an owner not renewing 20 or more (or 50%+) month-to-month tenancies within 30 days must give each such tenant at least 60 days' written notice, except for nonpayment (55.1-1253 B).

Ending a week-to-week tenancy: 7 days

• Written notice at least seven days prior to the next rent due date (55.1-1253 A).

Tenant staying after the lease ends: Lease controls

• 55.1-1253 C: a tenant remaining without consent after termination/expiration is a holdover; landlord may bring an action for possession and recover actual damages, attorney fees and costs (plus lease liquidated damages up to 150% per diem). No separate holdover notice period stated.

Delivery, form and other Virginia rules

Statewide just-cause rule

No statewide just-cause requirement

• No statewide just-cause requirement found in the VRLTA (Va. Code Title 55.1, Chapter 12); periodic tenancies end on notice under 55.1-1253 A.

Va. Code 55.1-1253 A · read 2026-09-27

How the notice may be delivered

Va. Code 55.1-1200 defines 'notice' as written notice 'by either regular mail or hand delivery, with the sender retaining sufficient proof ... in the form of a certificate of service'; served on the tenant at the tenant's last known place of residence, which may be the dwelling unit (55.1-1202 B); electronic notice permitted only if the rental agreement so provides and the tenant has not elected paper (55.1-1202 A).

Va. Code 55.1-1200; 55.1-1202 A, B · 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 Virginia period for ending a month-to-month tenancy, it refuses a shorter one.

Create a Virginia 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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