Arkansas Fixed-Term Residential Lease Expiration and Nonrenewal Notice
Arkansas Fixed-Term Residential Lease Expiration and Nonrenewal Notice
Before sending: Use this notice only for a residential lease with a definite end date. Check the signed lease and any applicable housing-program rules for a renewal option, required notice, service method, or restriction on ending the tenancy. This notice does not terminate a week-to-week or month-to-month tenancy.
Date sent: [__/__/____]
To tenant(s): [FULL LEGAL NAME(S)]
At dwelling: [STREET ADDRESS, UNIT, CITY, ARKANSAS ZIP]
From landlord or authorized agent: [NAME]
Notice address: [MAILING ADDRESS]
Notice of lease expiration
Your signed lease dated [__/__/____] states a definite term ending on [__/__/____]. The landlord will not offer a renewal or extension of that term. No new rental term has been agreed.
Please surrender the dwelling and return the keys and access devices by [TIME] on [__/__/____], the lease's stated end date. Contact [NAME AND CONTACT METHOD] to arrange the move-out inspection, return of keys, and a forwarding address for any deposit accounting required by the lease or applicable law.
This notice confirms the end date in the existing lease; it does not shorten that term. If you believe a signed renewal, lease option, or housing-program rule gives you a right to remain, notify the landlord promptly at [NOTICE ADDRESS OR EMAIL].
If you remain after the lease term expires without the landlord's consent, Ark. Code Ann. § 18-17-704(c)(1) permits the landlord to seek possession through a court action. This notice does not authorize a lockout, utility shutoff, or removal of your property without lawful process.
Signature and delivery record
Landlord or authorized agent: ______________________________ Date: [__/__/____]
Printed name and title: [________________________________]
Method used: ☐ Personal delivery ☐ Mail permitted by the lease ☐ Other method permitted by the lease or applicable law: [________________]
Delivered to / address used: [________________________________]
Date and time of delivery or mailing: [__/__/____] at [____]
Person who delivered or mailed this notice: [________________________________]
Source note
Ark. Code Ann. § 18-17-401(a), (c) permits an agreed definite rental term. Section 18-17-704(a)-(b) addresses notices to end weekly and monthly periodic tenancies; subsection (c)(1) addresses possession after expiration or termination when a tenant remains without consent. Current text was checked against 2007 Act 1004, § 1 and the Arkansas Legislature's 2009–2026 Title 18 amended-section indexes, which list no amendment to these two sections.
About this template
- Last updated
- November 6, 2026
- Citations checked
- November 6, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Arkansas
- Category
- Landlord & Tenant
Legal authority
- Ark. Code Ann. § 18-17-401(a), (c)
- Ark. Code Ann. § 18-17-704(a)-(c)
Landlord-tenant paperwork governs who can stay in a property, on what terms, and what happens when something goes wrong. Leases, notices to quit, security deposit demands, and habitability complaints all have state and often city-specific requirements for timing, content, and service. Getting the paperwork right is what makes an eviction actually succeed or a security deposit actually come back, because judges regularly dismiss cases over small procedural mistakes.
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Checked against the law it cites
A reviewer verified this template's legal citations against the official source on November 6, 2026.
Ark. Code Ann. § 18-17-401(a), (c), 2007 Act 1004, § 1 (checked November 6, 2026): "A landlord and a tenant may include in a rental agreement terms and conditions not prohibited by this chapter or other rule of law, including, but not limited to, rent, term of the agreement, and other provisions governing the rights and obligations of the parties."
Ark. Code Ann. § 18-17-401(c), 2007 Act 1004, § 1 (checked November 6, 2026): "Unless the rental agreement fixes a definite term, the tenancy is week to week in case of a roomer who pays weekly rent and in all other cases month to month."
Ark. Code Ann. § 18-17-704(a)-(b), 2007 Act 1004, § 1 (checked November 6, 2026): "The landlord or the tenant may terminate a month-to-month tenancy by a written notice"
Ark. Code Ann. § 18-17-704(c)(1), 2007 Act 1004, § 1 (checked November 6, 2026): "If the tenant remains in possession without the landlord's consent after expiration of the term of the rental agreement or its termination, the landlord may bring an action for possession."
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