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Georgia month-to-month termination notice
As of October 27, 2026, a Georgia landlord must give 60 days’ notice to end a tenancy at will such as month to month, while the tenant needs to give only 30 days.1
If a Georgia tenant at will stays past the end date, Code Section 44-7-50(a) lets the owner demand possession and, if refused, swear out an affidavit before the court.2
Georgia at a glance
- Month-to-month notice
- 60 days1
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Month-to-Month Termination Notice
State of Georgia
1. Notice to end a month-to-month tenancy
Date: Date. To: Tenant, and all other occupants. Property: Address, county County.
2. End of the tenancy
This notice ends your month-to-month tenancy of the property listed above, which began on Start date. Your tenancy will end on End date.
3. Notice period
4. Moving out
5. Rent until the tenancy ends
6. Security deposit
7. Questions
8. Signatures
9. Proof of delivery
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Georgia’s rules, with sources
- State form
- When a Georgia lease runs out without renewal and the landlord keeps accepting monthly rent, the tenant becomes a tenant at will under the old lease terms.1
- Deadlines
- The Georgia Department of Community Affairs states that a landlord ending a tenancy at will must give the tenant 60 days’ notice to leave.1
- A Georgia tenant at will can move out after giving the landlord 30 days’ notice.1
- Changing the rent of a Georgia tenant at will also takes 60 days’ notice, which starts a new tenancy at will at the new amount.1
- Where it is filed
- If a Georgia tenant at will stays past the end date, Code Section 44-7-50(a) lets the owner demand possession and, if refused, swear out an affidavit before the court.2
- Law
- The Georgia handbook says a private landlord need not give a reason for not renewing, unless the lease requires one, as long as fair housing law is respected.1
Questions about a Georgia termination notice
How much notice does a Georgia landlord give to end a month-to-month tenancy?
Sixty days. Georgia treats a month-to-month arrangement as a tenancy at will, and the state’s landlord-tenant handbook puts the landlord’s notice at 60 days and the tenant’s at 30.
The same 60 days apply when the landlord wants to keep the tenant but raise the rent: the notice starts a new tenancy at will at the new amount.1
Does an expired Georgia lease become month to month?
It can. When a lease ends, nobody signs a new one and the landlord keeps taking monthly rent, the handbook says a tenancy at will begins on the old lease’s terms, and the 60-day landlord notice then applies.
Georgia does not require a stated reason for ending it unless the lease asks for one; discrimination is still unlawful. A tenant who stays past the end date can only be removed through the court’s dispossessory process.1
What to have at hand
- Property address, unit and county
- The date the tenancy began
- The last day of the tenancy, counted from your state’s notice period
- A mailing address where the tenant returns keys and sends a forwarding address
It is not for late rent or a lease violation, which take a different notice, and it does not end a fixed-term lease before its end date.
Where this information comes from
Georgia’s rules above come from the state’s own statutes, agency pages and forms, read on the date shown. A rule that passes its review date without a new check is removed automatically.
- Georgia Landlord-Tenant Handbook (Georgia Department of Community Affairs, revised 8-29-24) Open the official page (opens in a new tab) ↩
- House Bill 404 (2024), Safe at Home Act, as passed by the Georgia General Assembly Open the official page (opens in a new tab) ↩
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