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Georgia 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 Georgia Code — Tenancy at will; notice required for termination (O.C.G.A. § 44-7-7), 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 Georgia

Tenant notice required: 30 days
Governing statute: O.C.G.A. § 44-7-7
How the clock runs: A tenant at will (which includes a typical month-to-month renter) must give 30 days' notice to terminate, counted from when the notice is given; the statute does not require the notice to expire on a rent-due boundary.
Delivering the notice: The statute does not itself require written notice, but the state's official Landlord-Tenant Handbook and standard practice call for written notice delivered in a provable way (hand delivery or certified mail), and most leases require writing.
Fixed-term leases: A fixed-term lease simply expires on its end date with no statutory notice from either side — the lease's own renewal and notice clauses control. If the tenant holds over and the landlord keeps accepting rent, a tenancy at will arises, terminable on the 30/60-day rule.

Worth knowing: The notice duty is asymmetric: § 44-7-7 requires 60 days' notice from the landlord but only 30 from the tenant. Georgia is one of the least regulated landlord-tenant states, and O.C.G.A. § 44-7-19 bars local rent control outright. Under O.C.G.A. § 44-7-23, a tenant protected by a civil or criminal family violence order (or stalking order) may terminate the lease effective 30 days after written notice attaching a copy of the order, owing only prorated rent — a right the lease cannot waive. Lease clauses requiring longer tenant notice are generally enforceable.

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

Field notes

Three tips before you send

The statute does not itself require written notice, but the state's official Landlord-Tenant Handbook and standard practice call for written notice delivered in a provable way (hand delivery or certified mail), and most leases require writing.
A tenant at will (which includes a typical month-to-month renter) must give 30 days' notice to terminate, counted from when the notice is given; the statute does not require the notice to expire on a rent-due boundary.
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 Georgia?

A tenant at will (which includes a typical month-to-month renter) must give 30 days' notice to terminate, counted from when the notice is given; the statute does not require the notice to expire on a rent-due boundary. The governing statute is Georgia Code — Tenancy at will; notice required for termination.

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

A fixed-term lease simply expires on its end date with no statutory notice from either side — the lease's own renewal and notice clauses control. If the tenant holds over and the landlord keeps accepting rent, a tenancy at will arises, terminable on the 30/60-day rule. Check your lease for a renewal or notice clause — where the statute allows it, the lease controls.

Anything else Georgia renters should know before moving out?

The notice duty is asymmetric: § 44-7-7 requires 60 days' notice from the landlord but only 30 from the tenant. Georgia is one of the least regulated landlord-tenant states, and O.C.G.A. § 44-7-19 bars local rent control outright. Under O.C.G.A. § 44-7-23, a tenant protected by a civil or criminal family violence order (or stalking order) may terminate the lease effective 30 days after written notice attaching a copy of the order, owing only prorated rent — a right the lease cannot waive. Lease clauses requiring longer tenant notice are generally enforceable.

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When to use this letter

Moving out should be the easy part — but in Georgia, 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, Georgia law generally requires 30 days written notice from the tenant, under Georgia Code — Tenancy at will; notice required for termination. This generator writes a tenant's notice to vacate that cites O.C.G.A. § 44-7-7 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.