Tennessee Landlord Notice of Entry

Tennessee Landlord Notice of Entry

Use this form for a planned, nonemergency entry only. Use a separate counsel-reviewed record for an emergency, court order, abandonment, surrender, extended absence, or contemporaneous tenant consent.

Tennessee Entry Gate

Where the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act applies, Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-28-403 governs permitted access, consent, reasonable timing, notice, emergency, abandonment, and requested-service circumstances. Verify § 66-28-102 coverage and the current notice subsection before relying on a numerical period; outside coverage, use the lease and other law.

• Required notice: Verify URLTA coverage and current § 66-28-403 period
• Permitted entry time: Reasonable time
• Lease, local, subsidy, and program requirements checked: ☐ Yes
• Entry is not retaliatory, harassing, or excessive: ☐ Confirmed

1. Notice

Notice date: [__/__/____]

To tenant(s): [________________________________]

Rental premises/unit: [________________________________]

Landlord/property manager: [________________________________]

Notice is given that the landlord or authorized representatives intend to enter the dwelling unit as follows:

• Entry date: [__/__/____]
• Approximate start time: [________]
• Expected time window/duration: [________________________________]
• Persons expected to enter and roles: [________________________________]

2. Purpose and Scope

• ☐ Inspect specified condition: [________________________________]
• ☐ Make necessary or agreed repairs/improvements: [________________________________]
• ☐ Supply necessary or agreed services: [________________________________]
• ☐ Exhibit to permitted prospective/actual persons: [________________________________]
• ☐ Government-ordered work or inspection: [________________________________]
• ☐ Other expressly lawful purpose: [________________________________]

Areas to be entered and work/inspection scope:

[____________________________________________________________]

The entry will be limited to the stated purpose and scope. No emergency or no-notice authority is claimed by this form.

3. Coordination and Safeguards

• Tenant presence: ☐ Not required ☐ Requested ☐ Agreed: [________________]
• Pets, alarms, gates, accessibility, or health precautions: [________________________________]
• Contact for questions or a lawful scheduling request: [________________________________]
• Alternate date/time, if agreed: [________________________________]
• Authorized representative will carry identification: ☐ Yes
• Entry completion/condition record will be retained: ☐ Yes

4. Delivery Record

Delivered by: [NAME / ROLE]

• Method: ☐ Personal delivery ☐ Posting/door delivery if permitted ☐ Mail ☐ Acknowledged electronic notice ☐ Other lawful method: [________]
• Delivery date/time: [________________________________]
• Recipient/address/account: [________________________________]
• Proof, acknowledgement, photo, or tracking retained: ☐ Yes

Landlord/agent signature and date: [________________________________]

Sources and References

• Tenn. Code Ann. title 66, chapter 28 — Tennessee General Assembly — https://capitol.tn.gov/bills/107/Bill/SB1009.PDF