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Florida 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 Florida Residential Landlord and Tenant Act — Termination of tenancy without specific term (Fla. Stat. § 83.57(3)), 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 Florida

Tenant notice required: 30 days
Governing statute: Fla. Stat. § 83.57(3)
How the clock runs: The tenant must give written notice not less than 30 days before the end of any monthly rental period, and the tenancy terminates at the end of that monthly period — the notice must line up with a rent-period boundary, not just any date 30 days out.
Delivering the notice: Notice must be in writing and given in the manner of Fla. Stat. § 83.56(4): mailing or delivery of a true copy, or, if the other party is absent, leaving a copy at the residence.
Fixed-term leases: A fixed-term lease ends automatically on its end date with no statutory notice, but under § 83.575(1) the lease may require the tenant to give non-renewal notice of no more than 60 and no less than 30 days — enforceable only if the lease binds the landlord to give the tenant equivalent notice of non-renewal. A holdover tenant risks double rent under § 83.58.

Worth knowing: The month-to-month figure was only 15 days until July 1, 2023, when HB 1417 raised it to 30 and preempted local ordinances (such as Miami-Dade's) that had imposed their own notice rules — older templates citing 15 days are now wrong. Other periods under § 83.57: week-to-week 7 days, quarter-to-quarter 30 days, year-to-year 60 days. Servicemembers may terminate with 30 days' written notice on qualifying military orders under § 83.682. Florida has no statewide domestic-violence lease-break statute, so the ordinary notice rules apply absent a lease clause.

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

Field notes

Three tips before you send

Notice must be in writing and given in the manner of Fla. Stat. § 83.56(4): mailing or delivery of a true copy, or, if the other party is absent, leaving a copy at the residence.
The tenant must give written notice not less than 30 days before the end of any monthly rental period, and the tenancy terminates at the end of that monthly period — the notice must line up with a rent-period boundary, not just any date 30 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 Florida?

The tenant must give written notice not less than 30 days before the end of any monthly rental period, and the tenancy terminates at the end of that monthly period — the notice must line up with a rent-period boundary, not just any date 30 days out. The governing statute is Florida Residential Landlord and Tenant Act — Termination of tenancy without specific term.

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

A fixed-term lease ends automatically on its end date with no statutory notice, but under § 83.575(1) the lease may require the tenant to give non-renewal notice of no more than 60 and no less than 30 days — enforceable only if the lease binds the landlord to give the tenant equivalent notice of non-renewal. A holdover tenant risks double rent under § 83.58. Check your lease for a renewal or notice clause — where the statute allows it, the lease controls.

Anything else Florida renters should know before moving out?

The month-to-month figure was only 15 days until July 1, 2023, when HB 1417 raised it to 30 and preempted local ordinances (such as Miami-Dade's) that had imposed their own notice rules — older templates citing 15 days are now wrong. Other periods under § 83.57: week-to-week 7 days, quarter-to-quarter 30 days, year-to-year 60 days. Servicemembers may terminate with 30 days' written notice on qualifying military orders under § 83.682. Florida has no statewide domestic-violence lease-break statute, so the ordinary notice rules apply absent a lease clause.

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When to use this letter

Moving out should be the easy part — but in Florida, 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, Florida law generally requires 30 days written notice from the tenant, under Florida Residential Landlord and Tenant Act — Termination of tenancy without specific term. This generator writes a tenant's notice to vacate that cites Fla. Stat. § 83.57(3) 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.