Maryland Tenant Notice of Intent to Vacate

Maryland Tenant Notice of Intent to Vacate

Use this form for ordinary lease-end or periodic departure after completing the locality and lease review. Use a separate ground-specific notice for protected early termination.

Maryland Locality and Timing Gate

Outside Baltimore City, Md. Code, Real Property § 8-402(c)(3) recognizes a tenant's notice of intent to remove at least 30 days before expiration for tenancies other than year-to-year, at least 90 days for year-to-year, and at least 180 days for farm tenancies. That paragraph does not apply in Baltimore City and is framed as an exception to the landlord's written-notice duty, so use written notice and confirm the controlling lease and local rule rather than treating these periods as universal.

• Location: ☐ Baltimore City ☐ Elsewhere in Maryland
• Tenancy: ☐ Under one year/month-to-month ☐ Year-to-year ☐ Farm ☐ Fixed term
• Preliminary period: ☐ 30 ☐ 90 ☐ 180 days ☐ Local/lease period: [____]
• Baltimore City and county/local rules checked: ☐ Yes
• Lease, subsidy, and program requirements checked: ☐ Yes

1. Notice

Date: [__/__/____]

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

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

I give written notice that I intend to remove at the end of the tenancy, vacate, and surrender possession on [TERMINATION / MOVE-OUT DATE].

• Notice delivery date: [__/__/____]
• Tenancy expiration date: [__/__/____]
• Local/lease/statutory calculation: [________________________________]
• Lease section, if any: [________________________________]

This notice does not claim a protected early-termination right requiring a different notice or 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:

[____________________________________________________________]

3. Signatures and Delivery

Tenant signature/name/date: [________________________________]

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

Phone/email: [________________________________]

• Verified delivery method: ☐ Personal delivery ☐ Mail ☐ Other: [________]
• Person/address delivered to: [________________________________]
• Date/time and proof/tracking: [________________________________]
• Signed copy retained: ☐ Yes

Sources and References

• Md. Code, Real Property § 8-402 — Maryland General Assembly — https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=grp&section=8-402