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Indiana 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 Indiana Code — Determination of estates at will; general tenancies deemed month-to-month (Ind. Code §§ 32-31-1-1, 32-31-1-2), a month-to-month tenancy may be terminated by the tenant on one month 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 Indiana

Tenant notice required: One month
Governing statute: Ind. Code §§ 32-31-1-1, 32-31-1-2
How the clock runs: One month's written notice is the accepted standard, but note the statute's wording: § 32-31-1-1 says an estate at will "may be determined by a one (1) month notice in writing, delivered to the tenant" — it is literally the landlord's notice rule. No Indiana statute expressly prescribes the tenant's notice to end the month-to-month tenancy that § 32-31-1-2 creates; courts and practice apply the one-month rule reciprocally. The safe course is a written notice delivered at least a full month before the end of a rental month, expiring on that period boundary.
Delivering the notice: Written notice is the standard (the statute's own notice rule requires writing); a tenant should hand-deliver it or send it by certified mail and keep proof.
Fixed-term leases: Under Ind. Code § 32-31-1-8, no notice is needed when the lease specifies its own term or end date — the tenancy simply ends on that date; a holdover with continued rent acceptance is generally treated as a month-to-month tenancy requiring the one-month notice.

Worth knowing: Year-to-year tenancies require three months' notice before the year expires (Ind. Code § 32-31-1-3, also phrased as notice to the tenant). Indiana broadly preempts local landlord-tenant regulation, so the state rules apply uniformly with no city-level rent control or notice ordinances. Under Ind. Code ch. 32-31-9, tenants who are victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking and have a protective order or similar documentation may terminate a lease early on written notice. Leases can and often do impose a longer or differently-timed notice requirement, which controls.

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

Field notes

Three tips before you send

Written notice is the standard (the statute's own notice rule requires writing); a tenant should hand-deliver it or send it by certified mail and keep proof.
One month's written notice is the accepted standard, but note the statute's wording: § 32-31-1-1 says an estate at will "may be determined by a one (1) month notice in writing, delivered to the tenant" — it is literally the landlord's notice rule. No Indiana statute expressly prescribes the tenant's notice to end the month-to-month tenancy that § 32-31-1-2 creates; courts and practice apply the one-month rule reciprocally. The safe course is a written notice delivered at least a full month before the end of a rental month, expiring on that period 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 Indiana?

One month's written notice is the accepted standard, but note the statute's wording: § 32-31-1-1 says an estate at will "may be determined by a one (1) month notice in writing, delivered to the tenant" — it is literally the landlord's notice rule. No Indiana statute expressly prescribes the tenant's notice to end the month-to-month tenancy that § 32-31-1-2 creates; courts and practice apply the one-month rule reciprocally. The safe course is a written notice delivered at least a full month before the end of a rental month, expiring on that period boundary. The governing statute is Indiana Code — Determination of estates at will; general tenancies deemed month-to-month.

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

Under Ind. Code § 32-31-1-8, no notice is needed when the lease specifies its own term or end date — the tenancy simply ends on that date; a holdover with continued rent acceptance is generally treated as a month-to-month tenancy requiring the one-month notice. Check your lease for a renewal or notice clause — where the statute allows it, the lease controls.

Anything else Indiana renters should know before moving out?

Year-to-year tenancies require three months' notice before the year expires (Ind. Code § 32-31-1-3, also phrased as notice to the tenant). Indiana broadly preempts local landlord-tenant regulation, so the state rules apply uniformly with no city-level rent control or notice ordinances. Under Ind. Code ch. 32-31-9, tenants who are victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking and have a protective order or similar documentation may terminate a lease early on written notice. Leases can and often do impose a longer or differently-timed notice requirement, which controls.

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When to use this letter

Moving out should be the easy part — but in Indiana, 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, Indiana law generally requires one month written notice from the tenant, under Indiana Code — Determination of estates at will; general tenancies deemed month-to-month. This generator writes a tenant's notice to vacate that cites Ind. Code §§ 32-31-1-1, 32-31-1-2 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.