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.