In most cases, you give the landlord/agent a written termination notice and vacate ('give vacant posession') move out and return the keys according to your notice. You can vacate before the date in your termination notice but keep paying rent until the end of the notice period.
Once the notice is mailed or delivered, your tenancy will terminate 30 days after the date that rent is next due, even if that date is several months before your lease expires.
The name of the tenant. The lease start and end date. The reason for the termination of the lease. A copy of the original lease agreement. A request of the tenant's new address. Instructions on how the tenant should complete the move-out process. Date set for final inspection.
Notice Requirements for California Tenants Unless your rental agreement provides a shorter notice period, you must give your landlord 30 days' notice to end a month-to-month tenancy. Be sure to check your rental agreement which may require that you give notice on the first of the month or on another specific date.
Wisconsin landlords must provide at least 12 hours' notice before entering a property. This notice requirement does not apply in the case of emergencies.
When the tenancy is month-to-month, the tenant must give the landlord 15 days' notice before the end of any monthly period. (In Miami, the tenant must give the landlord 30 days' notice before the end of the monthly period).
Landlords are prohibited from harassing or retaliating against tenants who exercise their legal rights. In Wisconsin, the landlord must not terminate, refuse to renew a lease, or fine a tenant for complaining to the landlord regarding the deposit, complaining to a government agency, or exercising a legal right.
Give written notice of intent to terminate. Verbal notices are not valid, no matter whether the lease was written or verbal. Wis. State the date your are ending your lease. The date must be the last day of a rental period (the last day before rent is due), and at least 28 days away.
Dear (Name of landlord or manager), This letter constitutes my written (number of days' notice that you need to give based on your lease agreement)-day notice that I will be moving out of my apartment on (date), the end of my current lease. I am leaving because (new job, rent increase, etc.)