Arkansas Tenant Notice of Intent to Vacate
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/
About this template
- 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.
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 July 22, 2026.
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