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Texas 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 Texas Property Code - Notice for Terminating Certain Tenancies (Tex. Prop. Code § 91.001), 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 Texas

Tenant notice required: One month
Governing statute: Tex. Prop. Code § 91.001
How the clock runs: Either party may terminate a month-to-month tenancy, and it ends on the later of the day stated in the notice or one month after the day notice is given. Termination does not have to land on a rent-period boundary - if it falls mid-period, the tenant owes rent only through the termination date.
Delivering the notice: The statute does not prescribe a delivery method, so give dated written notice by hand delivery or certified mail with return receipt to prove when the one-month clock started.
Fixed-term leases: A fixed-term lease simply expires on its end date with no statutory notice required, but most Texas leases contractually require 30-60 days' written notice to prevent auto-renewal (often into a month-to-month term), and those lease clauses control.

Worth knowing: Section 91.001(e) lets the parties agree in a signed instrument to a different notice period - longer, shorter, or none at all - so the lease overrides the default. If rent is paid more often than monthly, the required notice equals one rent-paying period instead of a month. Servicemembers who enter active duty or receive PCS/deployment orders may terminate early under Tex. Prop. Code § 92.017, and victims of family violence or certain sex offenses can terminate under §§ 92.016 and 92.0161 with proper documentation.

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

Field notes

Three tips before you send

The statute does not prescribe a delivery method, so give dated written notice by hand delivery or certified mail with return receipt to prove when the one-month clock started.
Either party may terminate a month-to-month tenancy, and it ends on the later of the day stated in the notice or one month after the day notice is given. Termination does not have to land on a rent-period boundary - if it falls mid-period, the tenant owes rent only through the termination date.
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 Texas?

Either party may terminate a month-to-month tenancy, and it ends on the later of the day stated in the notice or one month after the day notice is given. Termination does not have to land on a rent-period boundary - if it falls mid-period, the tenant owes rent only through the termination date. The governing statute is Texas Property Code - Notice for Terminating Certain Tenancies.

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

A fixed-term lease simply expires on its end date with no statutory notice required, but most Texas leases contractually require 30-60 days' written notice to prevent auto-renewal (often into a month-to-month term), and those lease clauses control. Check your lease for a renewal or notice clause — where the statute allows it, the lease controls.

Anything else Texas renters should know before moving out?

Section 91.001(e) lets the parties agree in a signed instrument to a different notice period - longer, shorter, or none at all - so the lease overrides the default. If rent is paid more often than monthly, the required notice equals one rent-paying period instead of a month. Servicemembers who enter active duty or receive PCS/deployment orders may terminate early under Tex. Prop. Code § 92.017, and victims of family violence or certain sex offenses can terminate under §§ 92.016 and 92.0161 with proper documentation.

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When to use this letter

Moving out should be the easy part — but in Texas, 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, Texas law generally requires one month written notice from the tenant, under Texas Property Code - Notice for Terminating Certain Tenancies. This generator writes a tenant's notice to vacate that cites Tex. Prop. Code § 91.001 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.