Arkansas Tenant Notice of Intent to Vacate

Arkansas Landlord & Tenant Updated July 22, 2026 Free Word and PDF

Arkansas Tenant Notice of Intent to Vacate

Use this form for an ordinary end-of-term or periodic-tenancy departure. Use a separate, ground-specific notice for any protected early termination.

Arkansas Timing Gate

Ark. Code Ann. § 18-17-704 permits either party to terminate a week-to-week tenancy by written notice at least 7 days before the termination date stated in the notice, and a month-to-month tenancy by written notice at least 30 days before the stated termination date. The section does not require the month-to-month date to be a periodic rent-due date. A fixed-term nonrenewal must be checked against the lease and other current law.

  • Tenancy: ☐ Week-to-week ☐ Month-to-month ☐ Fixed term ending [__/__/____]
  • Week-to-week notice is at least 7 days before termination: ☐ Yes ☐ Not applicable
  • Month-to-month notice is at least 30 days before termination: ☐ Yes ☐ Not applicable
  • Lease, subsidy, and program requirements checked: ☐ Yes
  • Fixed-term departure occurs at term end or has separate written authority: ☐ Yes

1. Notice

Date: [__/__/____]

To: [LANDLORD / PROPERTY MANAGER NAME]
Notice address: [________________________________]

From tenant(s): [________________________________]
Rental premises: [________________________________]

I give written notice that I am terminating the tenancy and will vacate and surrender possession on [TERMINATION / MOVE-OUT DATE].

  • Notice delivery date: [__/__/____]
  • Applicable notice period: [____] days
  • Effective-date calculation: [________________________________]
  • Lease section, if any: [________________________________]

This notice does not waive any tenant right or duty and does not claim an early-termination right that requires a different notice or supporting documentation.

2. Move-Out Coordination

  • Requested inspection date/time: [________________________________]
  • Keys/access devices will be returned at: [________________________________]
  • Utilities scheduled for transfer/termination: ☐ Yes ☐ Not applicable
  • Forwarding address for deposit/accounting and later communications:

[____________________________________________________________]

  • Other move-out arrangements: [________________________________]

3. Signatures

Tenant signature/name/date: [________________________________]

Co-tenant signature/name/date: [________________________________]

Phone/email: [________________________________]

4. Delivery Record

  • Lawful lease-compliant method: ☐ Personal delivery ☐ Mail ☐ Other: [________]
  • Person/address delivered to: [________________________________]
  • Date/time delivered or mailed: [__/__/____] [____]
  • Receipt/tracking/witness: [________________________________]
  • Signed copy and proof retained: ☐ Yes

Sources and References

  • Act 1004 of 2007, § 18-17-704 — Arkansas General Assembly — https://arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2007%2FPublic%2FACT1004.pdf
  • Ark. Code Ann. § 18-17-704 (2024 current-code mirror) — https://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/title-18/subtitle-2/chapter-17/subchapter-7/section-18-17-704/

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Last updated
July 22, 2026
Citations checked
July 22, 2026
Jurisdiction
Arkansas
Category
Landlord & Tenant

Legal authority

  • Ark. Code Ann. § 18-17-704

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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