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Montana 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 Montana Code Annotated § 70-24-441 (Termination by landlord or tenant) (Mont. Code Ann. § 70-24-441), 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 Montana

Tenant notice required: 30 days
Governing statute: Mont. Code Ann. § 70-24-441
How the clock runs: Either party may terminate a month-to-month tenancy by giving the other, at any time during the tenancy, at least 30 days' written notice before the termination date designated in the notice. The tenancy ends on the designated date without regard to the rent-payment period — it does not have to line up with the day rent is due.
Delivering the notice: Notice must be in writing; hand delivery or certified mail with a retained copy is the safe practice for proving the 30-day count.
Fixed-term leases: A fixed-term lease ends on its stated date, and if the landlord consents to continued occupancy afterward the tenancy becomes periodic (month-to-month for most tenants) on the same terms. A bad-faith holdover can expose the tenant to statutory damages under the Montana Residential Landlord and Tenant Act.

Worth knowing: Montana is unusually tenant-friendly on timing: § 70-24-441(3) makes rent uniformly apportionable from day to day unless otherwise agreed, so a tenant who ends mid-cycle owes only prorated rent through the designated date. Week-to-week tenants need only 7 days' written notice under § 70-24-441(1). Mobile-home lot tenancies are governed by a separate chapter (Title 70, ch. 33) with different notice rules, and old form letters citing pre-recodification R.C.M. numbering are obsolete.

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

Field notes

Three tips before you send

Notice must be in writing; hand delivery or certified mail with a retained copy is the safe practice for proving the 30-day count.
Either party may terminate a month-to-month tenancy by giving the other, at any time during the tenancy, at least 30 days' written notice before the termination date designated in the notice. The tenancy ends on the designated date without regard to the rent-payment period — it does not have to line up with the day rent is due.
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 Montana?

Either party may terminate a month-to-month tenancy by giving the other, at any time during the tenancy, at least 30 days' written notice before the termination date designated in the notice. The tenancy ends on the designated date without regard to the rent-payment period — it does not have to line up with the day rent is due. The governing statute is Montana Code Annotated § 70-24-441 (Termination by landlord or tenant).

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

A fixed-term lease ends on its stated date, and if the landlord consents to continued occupancy afterward the tenancy becomes periodic (month-to-month for most tenants) on the same terms. A bad-faith holdover can expose the tenant to statutory damages under the Montana Residential Landlord and Tenant Act. Check your lease for a renewal or notice clause — where the statute allows it, the lease controls.

Anything else Montana renters should know before moving out?

Montana is unusually tenant-friendly on timing: § 70-24-441(3) makes rent uniformly apportionable from day to day unless otherwise agreed, so a tenant who ends mid-cycle owes only prorated rent through the designated date. Week-to-week tenants need only 7 days' written notice under § 70-24-441(1). Mobile-home lot tenancies are governed by a separate chapter (Title 70, ch. 33) with different notice rules, and old form letters citing pre-recodification R.C.M. numbering are obsolete.

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When to use this letter

Moving out should be the easy part — but in Montana, 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, Montana law generally requires 30 days written notice from the tenant, under Montana Code Annotated § 70-24-441 (Termination by landlord or tenant). This generator writes a tenant's notice to vacate that cites Mont. Code Ann. § 70-24-441 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.