If you are on a month-to-month lease, do you have to give notice by the first of the month?
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If you are on a month-to-month lease, do you have to give notice by the first of the month?
If you tell the landlord on the 4th of the month are you obligated to pay the next months rent?
Asked on April 26, 2012 under Real Estate Law, Illinois
Answers:
Kevin Bessant / Law Office of Kevin Bessant & Associates
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
On a month to month, you are typically required to give thirty day notice of your intent to break the lease and move. Your landlord should be flexible enough if notice was given on the fourth of the month.
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