Kentucky Landlord Notice of Fixed-Term Lease Nonrenewal
KENTUCKY LANDLORD NOTICE OF FIXED-TERM LEASE NONRENEWAL
Before you use this: This letter communicates the landlord's decision about a fixed-term lease that has not yet expired. It is not a notice ending a month-to-month tenancy, a termination notice for a tenancy already begun after a written lease, or a court filing. Check the lease, local adoption of KRS 383.505–.715, and any KRS 383.535 exclusion. A later tenancy or holdover can trigger a different notice or possession route under KRS 383.695, 383.160, or 383.195.
Notice date: [__/__/____]
To tenant(s): [EACH FULL LEGAL NAME]
From landlord or authorized agent: [FULL LEGAL NAME AND CAPACITY]
Rental premises: [STREET ADDRESS, UNIT, CITY, KENTUCKY ZIP]
Signed lease date: [__/__/____]
Current fixed term expires: [__/__/____]
Notice
I am giving written notice that I do not offer a renewal of the identified fixed-term lease beyond its stated expiration date. I ask you to surrender possession and return all keys and access devices by [TIME] on [__/__/____], the date the current term expires, unless we later sign a different agreement. I do not presently consent to occupancy after that date.
This notice does not change the present lease or demand that you leave before its stated end date. A later written agreement or the parties' later conduct may change the position stated here. This letter does not authorize removal of a person or property without the applicable legal process.
Lease clause on expiration or nonrenewal, if any: [SECTION AND TEXT OR NONE]
Housing-program or court restriction checked, if any: [DETAILS OR NONE]
Local rental-act check:
☐ The Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act applies here. Adopting jurisdiction and ordinance: [NAME AND CITATION]; KRS 383.535 exclusions checked: [RESULT]. Under KRS 383.695(4), occupancy after expiration without the landlord's consent may lead to an action for possession; consent to continued occupancy invokes the default periodic-tenancy rule in KRS 383.565(3). If a separate tenancy has begun after the written lease ends, KRS 383.695(3) has its own written-notice rule, and this pre-expiration letter should not be treated as that later notice.
☐ The Act does not apply here. Jurisdiction, ordinance check, or exclusion: [DETAILS]. KRS 383.160 addresses occupancy after a fixed term; KRS 383.195 separately addresses a tenancy at will or by sufferance. This letter does not replace any later required notice or timely court action.
☐ Applicability has not been determined. Obtain local review before relying on this notice for any later action.
Please contact [NAME] at [PHONE OR EMAIL] to arrange key return and a move-out inspection. Please send a forwarding address for deposit correspondence to [LANDLORD ADDRESS].
Landlord or authorized agent: ______________________________ Date: [__/__/____]
Printed name and title: [NAME AND CAPACITY]
Notice address: [MAILING ADDRESS]
Delivery record
Copy delivered to: [TENANT NAME]
Delivery date and time: [__/__/____ AT __:__]
Method and address: [PERSONAL DELIVERY / MAIL / OTHER METHOD; ADDRESS AND DETAILS]
Proof of delivery retained: [RECEIPT, TRACKING, WITNESS, OR OTHER RECORD]
Delivered by: ______________________________ Date: [__/__/____]
Official reference
About this template
- Last updated
- November 1, 2026
- Citations checked
- November 1, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Kentucky
- Category
- Landlord & Tenant
Legal authority
- KRS 383.500 (local adoption of the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act)
- KRS 383.535 (exclusions from the adopted Act)
- KRS 383.565(3) (periodic tenancy when no definite term is fixed)
- KRS 383.695(3)-(4) (post-lease tenancy and holdover in adopting jurisdictions)
- KRS 383.160(1)-(2) (fixed-term holdover outside the adopted Act)
- KRS 383.195 (tenancy at will or sufferance outside the adopted Act)
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.
Not legal advice
This template is provided for informational purposes. We recommend having an attorney review any legal document before signing, especially for high-value or complex matters.
Checked against the law it cites
A reviewer verified this template's legal citations against the official source on November 1, 2026.
KRS 383.500 (checked November 1, 2026): "The General Assembly hereby authorizes cities, counties and urban-county governments to enact the provisions of the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act as set forth in KRS 383.505 to 383.705."
KRS 383.535 (checked November 1, 2026): "The following arrangements are not governed by KRS 383.505 to 383.715:"
KRS 383.565(3) (checked November 1, 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."
KRS 383.695(3) (checked November 1, 2026): "The landlord or the tenant may terminate a tenancy begun upon the termination of a written lease by written notice given to the other at least ten (10) days before the termination date specified in the notice, except that if the tenant fails to pay rent within ten (10) days after the day it becomes due, the landlord may terminate the tenancy at any time without notice."
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