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Kentucky 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 Kentucky Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act — Periodic tenancy; holdover remedies (KRS 383.695(2)), 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 Kentucky

Tenant notice required: 30 days
Governing statute: KRS 383.695(2)
How the clock runs: Written notice must be given at least 30 days before the periodic rental date specified in the notice, so the tenancy ends on a rental-period boundary at least 30 days out — a mid-month notice terminates at the end of the following full period.
Delivering the notice: Notice must be in writing and given to the landlord; delivery with proof of the date received is the safe practice.
Fixed-term leases: A tenancy that continues after a written lease expires can be ended by either party on just 10 days' written notice under KRS 383.695(3). A willful, bad-faith holdover exposes the tenant under KRS 383.695(4) to up to 3 months' periodic rent or treble actual damages — whichever is greater — plus reasonable attorney fees.

Worth knowing: KRS 383.695 applies only where the Kentucky URLTA has been locally adopted — Louisville/Jefferson County, Lexington-Fayette, Covington and a handful of other jurisdictions; in most Kentucky counties no statutory tenant notice rule exists and the lease plus common law govern, making a full month's written notice ending on the rental date the safe move statewide. Week-to-week tenancies in URLTA areas need 7 days' written notice.

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

Field notes

Three tips before you send

Notice must be in writing and given to the landlord; delivery with proof of the date received is the safe practice.
Written notice must be given at least 30 days before the periodic rental date specified in the notice, so the tenancy ends on a rental-period boundary at least 30 days out — a mid-month notice terminates at the end of the following full period.
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 Kentucky?

Written notice must be given at least 30 days before the periodic rental date specified in the notice, so the tenancy ends on a rental-period boundary at least 30 days out — a mid-month notice terminates at the end of the following full period. The governing statute is Kentucky Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act — Periodic tenancy; holdover remedies.

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

A tenancy that continues after a written lease expires can be ended by either party on just 10 days' written notice under KRS 383.695(3). A willful, bad-faith holdover exposes the tenant under KRS 383.695(4) to up to 3 months' periodic rent or treble actual damages — whichever is greater — plus reasonable attorney fees. Check your lease for a renewal or notice clause — where the statute allows it, the lease controls.

Anything else Kentucky renters should know before moving out?

KRS 383.695 applies only where the Kentucky URLTA has been locally adopted — Louisville/Jefferson County, Lexington-Fayette, Covington and a handful of other jurisdictions; in most Kentucky counties no statutory tenant notice rule exists and the lease plus common law govern, making a full month's written notice ending on the rental date the safe move statewide. Week-to-week tenancies in URLTA areas need 7 days' written notice.

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When to use this letter

Moving out should be the easy part — but in Kentucky, 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, Kentucky law generally requires 30 days written notice from the tenant, under Kentucky Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act — Periodic tenancy; holdover remedies. This generator writes a tenant's notice to vacate that cites KRS 383.695(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.