Alabama Seven-Day Notice of Termination for Noncurable Tenant Default
Alabama Seven-Day Notice of Termination for Noncurable Tenant Default
Date of notice: [__/__/____]
To tenant(s): [FULL NAMES]
From landlord or authorized agent: [NAME AND CAPACITY]
Dwelling: [STREET ADDRESS, UNIT, CITY, COUNTY, ALABAMA ZIP]
Rental agreement dated: [__/__/____]
Notice of noncurable default
Under Ala. Code § 35-9A-421(d), the landlord gives notice that the rental agreement will terminate seven days after this notice is received, on [TERMINATION DATE]. The landlord alleges the following noncurable default. Mark only a ground supported by the facts and complete its details.
☐ Illegal drugs — § 35-9A-421(d)(1). A tenant or occupant manufactured, cultivated, imported, transported, possessed, furnished, administered, or used illegal drugs in the dwelling unit or common areas. Person, conduct, place, and date: [SPECIFIC FACTS].
☐ Firearm or ammunition — § 35-9A-421(d)(2). A tenant or occupant illegally used, manufactured, imported, possessed, furnished, or discharged a firearm or ammunition on the rental property. Person, conduct, place, date, and why the statutory defense exceptions do not apply: [SPECIFIC FACTS].
☐ Criminal assault — § 35-9A-421(d)(3). A tenant or occupant criminally assaulted a tenant or guest on the rental property. Person, conduct, place, date, and why the statutory defense exceptions do not apply: [SPECIFIC FACTS].
☐ Substantially same breach — § 35-9A-421(d)(4). The landlord previously gave a notice to terminate for [DESCRIBE FIRST BREACH] on [DATE]; the tenant cured it. Within six months of that first breach, a tenant or occupant committed substantially the same acts or omissions on [DATE]: [SPECIFIC FACTS]. The prior notice and cure record are attached as [EXHIBIT].
☐ Third attempted cure in 12 months — § 35-9A-421(d). The tenant has already cured breaches of lease terms or obligations twice in the preceding 12 months: [FIRST BREACH, NOTICE, CURE DATES] and [SECOND BREACH, NOTICE, CURE DATES]. The present breach is [SPECIFIC ACTS, DATE, LEASE TERM]. The landlord has not expressly consented in writing to a further cure. Attach the earlier notices and cure records as [EXHIBITS].
Additional facts and supporting lease term, if applicable: [DETAILS OR ATTACHMENT]
The tenant has no right to cure the selected default unless the landlord consents. The landlord has not consented to a cure of this default. If possession is not surrendered after termination, the landlord may seek eviction through a court action.
Landlord or agent signature: ______________________________ Date: [__/__/____]
Printed name, mailing address, and contact: [NAME; ADDRESS; PHONE OR EMAIL]
Delivery record
Delivered by: [NAME] On: [__/__/____] At: [TIME]
Method and recipient: [DESCRIBE ACTUAL DELIVERY AND RECIPIENT]
Evidence of receipt: [SIGNED ACKNOWLEDGMENT, DELIVERY RECORD, OR OTHER PROOF]
Delivery person's signature: ______________________________
Sources and references
- Ala. Code § 35-9A-421, current official text retrieved through the Legislature's GraphQL endpoint — noncurable defaults and seven-day notice.
- Ala. Code § 35-9A-461, current official text retrieved through the Legislature's GraphQL endpoint — court eviction action.
About this template
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
- Citations checked
- October 26, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Alabama
- Category
- Landlord & Tenant
Legal authority
- Ala. Code § 35-9A-421(d) (noncurable defaults and seven-day termination notice)
- Ala. Code § 35-9A-461(a) (court action for eviction)
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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Checked against the law it cites
A reviewer verified this template's legal citations against the official source on October 26, 2026.
Ala. Code § 35-9A-421(d), notice and cure (checked October 26, 2026): "The following acts or omissions by a tenant or occupant shall constitute a noncurable default of the rental agreement, and in such cases the landlord may terminate the rental agreement upon a seven-day notice. The tenant shall have no right to remedy such a default unless the landlord consents."
Ala. Code § 35-9A-421(d), repeated cure limit (checked October 26, 2026): "no breach of any of the terms or obligations of the lease may be cured by a tenant more than two times in any 12-month period except by the express written consent of the landlord"
Ala. Code § 35-9A-421(d)(1) (checked October 26, 2026): "Manufacture, cultivation, importation, transportation, possession, furnishing, administering, or use of illegal drugs in the dwelling unit or in the common areas."
Ala. Code § 35-9A-421(d)(2) (checked October 26, 2026): "Illegal use, manufacture, importation, possession, furnishing, or discharging of a firearm or firearm ammunition on the premises of the rental property, except for the use or discharge of a firearm or firearm ammunition in cases of self-defense, defense of a third party, or as permissible in Section 13A-3-23."
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