Free Maryland Eviction Notice Template

Last reviewed September 2026

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Maryland Eviction Notice

Before a Maryland landlord can file for eviction, the tenancy usually has to be ended with written notice. How much notice depends on the reason. Here’s what Maryland’s statute says for each kind of notice this template builds.

Maryland rules at a glance

Maryland rules for an Eviction Notice
Unpaid rent	10 days. Before filing a failure-to-pay-rent case, a 10-day written notice of intent to file on the Maryland Judiciary’s form.Real Prop. §8-401(c)
Lease violation	30 days. For a breach other than nonpayment, at least 30 days’ written notice that the tenant is in violation and that the landlord wants to repossess; repossession requires a court finding that the breach was substantial and warrants eviction.Md. Code, Real Prop. § 8-402.1
Serious grounds	14 days. At least 14 days’ written notice where the breach involves behavior showing a clear and imminent danger of serious harm to people or property.Md. Code, Real Prop. § 8-402.1

Ending a Maryland tenancy

Maryland’s notice rule applies at the end of a fixed-term lease too, not only to periodic tenancies: a landlord who wants possession when the term expires must give the written notice below. A lease can lengthen these periods but never shorten them (§8-208(d)(5)).

Landlord’s written notice to end a Maryland tenancy (Real Prop. §8-402(c))
Fixed-term lease over 1 week, or month-to-month	60 days
Year-to-year	90 days
Week-to-week (written lease)	7 days
Week-to-week (no written lease)	21 days

Tenant’s notice — A tenant who plans to leave gives at least 30 days’ notice (90 days for year-to-year). Outside Baltimore City, a tenant’s oral notice proven by competent testimony excuses the landlord’s written notice; that oral-notice rule doesn’t apply in Baltimore City, so put notices in writing there (§8-402(c)(3)).
Nonpayment — Before filing a failure-to-pay-rent case, the landlord must give a 10-day written notice of intent to file on the Maryland Judiciary’s form, by first-class mail with a certificate of mailing, posting on the door, or opted-in electronic delivery (§8-401(c)).
Right of redemption — In most cases a tenant can stop a nonpayment eviction by paying all past-due amounts set by the court plus court-awarded costs and fees before the eviction is carried out — unless three nonpayment judgments of possession were entered against the tenant in the 12 months before the case was filed (§8-401(h)).
Domestic violence — A tenant who is a victim of abuse may end the lease with written notice and a protective or peace order or a qualified third party’s report, and owes rent only until moving out, up to 30 days (§§8-5A-02, 8-5A-03).
Automatic renewal — An auto-renewal clause longer than one month must be set apart in the lease and separately initialed or signed by the tenant, or it can’t be enforced (§8-208(e)).

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