If your tenant falls under the Tenant Protection Act, you must give your tenant this notice before you give them a 3-day Notice to Quit (next section). This is sometimes called a 'cease and desist letter.' If this is required, you need to include what date you sent the letter in your Notice. Some city laws ( ordinances) require that you must send a letter to your tenant about the problem before you give them notice. That the tenant must fix the problem or move out in 3 days What the tenant is doing to violate the lease The Notice must be in writing and include: The Notice must ask the tenant to fix the problem within 3 days or move out. The 3 days doesn't count Saturdays, Sundays, and court holidays. Use this Notice when you think your tenant violated the lease and the problem can be fixed (the 'fixing' is also called perform covenants).įor example, if the tenant has moved in a pet when the lease says 'no pets,' or is bothering neighbors with loud noise, or doing something else that violates the lease. 3-day Notice to Perform Covenants or Quit
