A Maryland Tenant Notice to Vacate is the written notice (at least 30 days, ending at the end of a rental period) a tenant gives a landlord to end a periodic tenancy under Md. Code, Real Property § 8-402. It identifies the rental unit, sets the last day of tenancy, provides a forwarding address for the security deposit, and creates the documentary record that protects you if the move-out is later disputed. The form on this page handles the statutory content automatically — you fill in the blanks, the PDF generates a clean, signature-ready notice, and you deliver it to your landlord.

In Maryland, the 60-day written notice for a month-to-month tenancy in Md. Code, Real Prop. § 8-402(c)(2) is the landlord’s duty. For tenants, § 8-402(c)(3) refers to notice given at least 30 days before the tenancy expires (90 days for a year-to-year tenancy), except in Baltimore City, and § 8-501 bars a lease from requiring more notice from a tenant than the landlord must give. Check your lease, give written notice, and time it to end at the close of a rental period.

What this form does and when to use it

The Maryland Tenant Notice to Vacate is a written notice from the tenant to the landlord ending a periodic (typically month-to-month) tenancy under Md. Code, Real Property § 8-402. It serves three purposes at once: it gives the landlord at least 30 days’ notice, ending at the end of a rental period, that the tenancy will end — no lease may require more notice from you than the landlord must give (§ 8-501), it specifies the last day of tenancy so rent obligations stop on a defined date, and it provides the forwarding address to which the landlord can mail the deposit within the 45 days after the end of the tenancy that Md. Code, Real Prop. § 8-203 allows. Without a properly written and delivered notice, a tenant who simply moves out remains exposed to claims for additional rent and may have a harder time recovering the security deposit.

Use this notice when you have a periodic tenancy — month-to-month is the most common form, but the same rule applies to week-to-week or other periodic arrangements (the shorter week-to-week periods in § 8-402(c)(2)(iv), 7 days with a written lease or 21 days without, are the landlord’s; § 8-402(c)(3) still refers to at least 30 days from a tenant). Many states impose longer notice obligations on landlords than on tenants — those longer landlord rules do not flow back to tenants. In Maryland the 60-day period in Md. Code, Real Prop. § 8-402(c)(2) is the landlord’s; outside Baltimore City, § 8-402(c)(3) refers to a tenant giving at least 30 days’ notice, and § 8-501 bars a lease from requiring more notice from you than the landlord must give.

This is not the right form for a fixed-term lease. If you have a lease with a defined end date and you intend to leave at the natural end of the term, the lease itself sets the end date — although it is good practice to send a written notice anyway to confirm your intent. If you want to leave a fixed-term lease early, a periodic-tenancy notice does not apply: you need either a lease provision authorizing early termination, the landlord’s written agreement to release you, or a statutory ground (uninhabitable conditions, domestic violence early termination, or military deployment under federal SCRA at 50 U.S.C. § 3955). Sending a § 8-402 notice on a fixed-term lease without one of those grounds typically does not end your rent liability under Maryland law.