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Arizona Notice to Vacate Letter

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[Your full name]

[Date]

[Your landlord's name]

Re: Notice to vacate — [Rental property address]

Dear [Your landlord's name],

Please accept this letter as my formal written notice that I will terminate my tenancy at [Rental property address] and vacate the premises on [Move-out date].

Under Arizona Residential Landlord and Tenant Act — Periodic Tenancy; Holdover Remedies (A.R.S. § 33-1375(B)), a month-to-month tenancy may be terminated by the tenant on 30 days written notice. This notice is given in accordance with that requirement and with any additional notice period my lease provides.

I will leave the unit clean and in good condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and will return all keys and access devices on or before my move-out date. I would like a move-out inspection during my final week; please propose a date and time.

Please send my security deposit, with any itemized statement required by law, to my forwarding address: [Your forwarding address]. Kindly confirm receipt of this notice in writing.

Sincerely,

[Your full name]

Know your rights

Notice to vacate law in Arizona

Tenant notice required: 30 days
Governing statute: A.R.S. § 33-1375(B)
How the clock runs: The tenant must give written notice at least 30 days before the periodic rental date — the day rent falls due — so the tenancy terminates on a rent-period boundary. Notice delivered mid-month is effective for the end of the following rental period, not 30 calendar days out.
Delivering the notice: Notice must be written; under the Act's service rules (A.R.S. § 33-1313) deliver it by hand or by registered or certified mail, and keep the mailing receipt since mailed notice is deemed received on actual receipt or five days after mailing, whichever comes first.
Fixed-term leases: A fixed-term lease ends on its stated end date; no statutory tenant notice is required unless the lease itself demands one. If a tenant's holdover is willful and not in good faith, the landlord may recover up to two months' periodic rent or twice the actual damages, whichever is greater, under § 33-1375(C).

Worth knowing: Week-to-week tenancies need only 10 days' written notice before the termination date. Arizona state law preempts local rent control, so no city can impose its own notice or just-cause regime on standard rentals. Victims of domestic violence or sexual assault may terminate a lease early with proper documentation under A.R.S. § 33-1318, and mobile-home and long-term RV park tenancies fall under entirely separate statutes with different notice rules.

Last reviewed August 2026 · General information, not legal advice · Read the statute · Also for Arizona: security deposit demand letter

Field notes

Three tips before you send

Notice must be written; under the Act's service rules (A.R.S. § 33-1313) deliver it by hand or by registered or certified mail, and keep the mailing receipt since mailed notice is deemed received on actual receipt or five days after mailing, whichever comes first.
The tenant must give written notice at least 30 days before the periodic rental date — the day rent falls due — so the tenancy terminates on a rent-period boundary. Notice delivered mid-month is effective for the end of the following rental period, not 30 calendar days out.
Date math is unforgiving — the clock usually runs from the day your landlord receives the notice, not the day you write it. Build in a few days of cushion, and photograph the empty unit when you hand back the keys.

Straight answers

Questions people ask

How much notice does a tenant have to give in Arizona?

The tenant must give written notice at least 30 days before the periodic rental date — the day rent falls due — so the tenancy terminates on a rent-period boundary. Notice delivered mid-month is effective for the end of the following rental period, not 30 calendar days out. The governing statute is Arizona Residential Landlord and Tenant Act — Periodic Tenancy; Holdover Remedies.

What happens when a fixed-term lease ends in Arizona?

A fixed-term lease ends on its stated end date; no statutory tenant notice is required unless the lease itself demands one. If a tenant's holdover is willful and not in good faith, the landlord may recover up to two months' periodic rent or twice the actual damages, whichever is greater, under § 33-1375(C). Check your lease for a renewal or notice clause — where the statute allows it, the lease controls.

Anything else Arizona renters should know before moving out?

Week-to-week tenancies need only 10 days' written notice before the termination date. Arizona state law preempts local rent control, so no city can impose its own notice or just-cause regime on standard rentals. Victims of domestic violence or sexual assault may terminate a lease early with proper documentation under A.R.S. § 33-1318, and mobile-home and long-term RV park tenancies fall under entirely separate statutes with different notice rules.

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When to use this letter

Moving out should be the easy part — but in Arizona, when you give notice and how you deliver it decide whether you owe another month of rent. The rule that matters: for a month-to-month tenancy, Arizona law generally requires 30 days written notice from the tenant, under Arizona Residential Landlord and Tenant Act — Periodic Tenancy; Holdover Remedies. This generator writes a tenant's notice to vacate that cites A.R.S. § 33-1375(B) by name, states your move-out date, and asks for the move-out inspection and your deposit instructions in the same letter — so nothing gets renegotiated later. No blank template to fight with: fill in your landlord, the address, and the date, then send it in a way you can prove, because notice clocks here run from delivery, not from the day you write it.