District of Columbia Tenant Notice of Intent to Vacate

District of Columbia Tenant Notice of Intent to Vacate

Use this form for ordinary expiration or month-to-month termination. A protected early termination requires a separate ground-specific notice.

District Timing Gate

After the signed lease term, renewal, or extension has expired, D.C. Code § 42-3505.54 permits a residential month-to-month tenancy to be terminated by the tenant's 30-day written notice. The notice expires on the first day of the first month at least 30 days after the notice date. Section 42-3505.53 restricts an initial-lease provision requiring more than 30 days' notice unless the lease explicitly states that the provision expires with the initial term and preserves a later month-to-month right to vacate on 30 days' notice. Review the lease carefully for an initial-term departure.

• Tenancy: ☐ Initial fixed term ending [__/__/____] ☐ Post-term month-to-month ☐ Other: [________]
• If month-to-month, notice expires on the first day of the first month at least 30 days after notice: ☐ Yes
• Initial-term lease language complies with § 42-3505.53: ☐ Yes ☐ Not applicable
• Subsidy, rent-control, and program requirements checked: ☐ Yes
• This is not an unsupported early termination: ☐ Confirmed

1. Notice

Date: [__/__/____]

To: [HOUSING PROVIDER / MANAGER NAME]
Notice address: [________________________________]

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

I give written notice of my intention to quit and will vacate and surrender possession on [TERMINATION / MOVE-OUT DATE].

• Notice date/delivery date: [__/__/____]
• First qualifying month-start date: [__/__/____]
• Effective-date calculation: [________________________________]
• Lease section, if any: [________________________________]

This notice does not waive any tenant right or housing-provider duty and does not assert a protected early-termination ground requiring a different notice.

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

• Method verified under lease/current law: ☐ 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

• D.C. Code § 42-3505.53 — D.C. Law Library — https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/42-3505.53
• D.C. Code § 42-3505.54 — D.C. Law Library — https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/42-3505.54