Understanding Eviction Notices: Landlord Must Serve Notice Correctly
Before filing an eviction case, a landlord must give a tenant a written eviction notice.
The landlord (or person acting on behalf of the landlord) must deliver the notice in one of the following ways:
- Give it to the tenant personally;
- Give it to someone over the age of 13 who lives with the tenant;
- Mail it by certified or registered mail, with a return receipt from the addressee; or
- In case no one is living in the actual premises, by posting it on the door.
Email or texting the notice is not allowed. If a landlord does not deliver the notice correctly, the tenant may have a defense to the eviction case.
The notice does not need to be notarized.
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