Rent Increase Notice by State (2026): How Much Notice Landlords Must Give
Raising rent without the notice your state requires can make the increase unenforceable, delay a renewal, or land you in a dispute. Here is what each state says about rent increase notice, pulled from the official sources, with the date we last checked each one.
Why rent increase notice matters
Most states let landlords raise rent when a lease ends or on a periodic tenancy, but almost every state sets rules for how and when that increase has to be delivered. The notice period, whether it must be in writing, and how it interacts with the lease term all vary by state. Getting those wrong is one of the most common renewal mistakes landlords make.
Some states also tie the notice length to how large the increase is, or to how long the tenant has lived in the unit. City rent control and just-cause rules can add more limits on top of the state notice rule, so check both layers before you send a renewal.
Rent increase notice in all 50 states and DC
Each row is the verified rule for that state, linked to the official code section or government source. Click a state name for its full rent increase notice page.
| State | Rule | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Alabama's landlord-tenant act (Ala. Code ch. 35-9A, full-text search of the act) sets no notice period for rent increases. The lease controls, and a month-to-month tenancy can be ended on 30 days' notice (§ 35-9A-441). | Ala. Code ch. 35-9A (incl. § 35-9A-441), §§ 35-9A-101 to 35-9A-603 (full-text search of the act) checked 2026-10-23 |
| Alaska | Alaska's Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (AS 34.03, reviewed by full-text search on 2026-10-15) sets no specific notice period for rent increases. A month-to-month rent change takes effect through the 30-day termination notice rule, and increases cannot be retaliatory. | AS 34.03 (incl. 34.03.290, 34.03.310) checked 2026-10-23 |
| Arizona | Arizona's Residential Landlord and Tenant Act sets no rent-increase notice period (full-text search of the act). A month-to-month tenancy can be ended on 30 days' written notice before the periodic rental date (§ 33-1375(B)), and cities and towns are barred from controlling rents (§ 33-1329). | A.R.S. § 33-1375(B); §§ 33-1301 to 33-1381 checked 2026-10-23 |
| Arkansas | At least one rental period's notice before raising the rent, for both oral and written leases. | Arkansas Attorney General, Landlord and Tenant Rights checked 2026-10-18 |
| California | Periodic (e.g., month-to-month) tenancies: written notice at least 30 days before the effective date if the increase, alone or combined with other increases in the prior 12 months, is 10% or less. Increases over 10% need at least 90 days' notice. | Cal. Civ. Code § 827(b) checked 2026-10-15 |
| Colorado | With no written agreement, a landlord may increase residential rent only upon at least 60 days' written notice (C.R.S. § 38-12-701(2)(a)). C.R.S. § 38-12-701(2)(b) provides that a landlord shall not terminate a residential tenancy in which there is no written agreement by serving a tenant with a notice to terminate tenancy with the primary purpose of increasing a tenant's rent in a manner inconsistent with that section. In residential tenancies, a landlord shall not increase rent more than one time in any twelve-month period of consecutive occupancy by the tenant, regardless of whether there is a written rental agreement for the tenancy, the length of the tenancy, or whether the tenant's rental agreement is for a fixed tenancy, a month-to-month tenancy, or an indefinite term (C.R.S. § 38-12-702(1)). C.R.S. § 38-12-701(1) is a 21-day notice rule for certain nonresidential tenancies and is not part of this residential answer. Official source notes: C.R.S. § 38-12-701 was added in L. 2017 (SB 17-245), the entire section was amended in L. 2021 (HB 21-1121, effective June 25, 2021), and subsection (2)(b) was amended in L. 2024 (HB 24-1098, effective April 19, 2024). C.R.S. § 38-12-702 was added in L. 2021 (HB 21-1121, effective June 25, 2021). No 2025 or 2026 amendment to either section appears in the official 2026 CRS source notes. | C.R.S. §§ 38-12-701(2), 38-12-702(1) checked 2026-11-12 |
| Connecticut | A rent increase takes effect only if the landlord gives at least 45 days' written notice, or for leases of one month or less, notice equal to a full lease term. A tenant's silence is not agreement. This does not allow increases during a lease term. It applies to agreements entered, renewed or extended on or after Oct. 1, 2024. | C.G.S. § 47a-4e checked 2026-10-23 |
| Delaware | To renew with a rent increase or other changes, at least 60 days' written notice before the rental agreement expires. | 25 Del. C. § 5107(a) checked 2026-10-28 |
| District of Columbia | A rent increase is not effective until the first rent day more than 60 calendar days after written notice is given. | D.C. Code § 42-3509.04(b) checked 2026-10-23 |
| Florida | Florida's landlord-tenant law (Fla. Stat. ch. 83, part II (§§ 83.40–83.683), reviewed by full-text search on 2026-10-15) sets no notice period for rent increases; the lease terms control. | Fla. Stat. ch. 83, part II (§§ 83.40–83.683) checked 2026-10-15 |
| Georgia | No statutory rent increase notice period found in O.C.G.A. §§ 44-7-1 to 44-7-25 (reviewed by full-text search). Under a lease, the lease terms control. For context, § 44-7-7 requires 60 days' notice from the landlord (30 from the tenant) to end a tenancy at will; it does not address rent increases. | O.C.G.A. §§ 44-7-1 to 44-7-25; § 44-7-7 (context: notice to end a tenancy at will) checked 2026-10-23 |
| Hawaii | Month-to-month: 45 days' written notice. Tenancies shorter than month-to-month: 15 days. | HRS § 521-21(d)–(e) checked 2026-10-23 |
| Idaho | At least 30 days' written notice before a rent increase takes effect on residential property. | Idaho Code § 55-304(2) checked 2026-10-15 |
| Illinois | No rent increase during a fixed-term lease unless the lease allows it. For periodic tenancies, rent changes require ending the tenancy with written notice: 7 days for week-to-week and 30 days for other terms under a year. Illinois has no state rent control. | 735 ILCS 5/9-207 checked 2026-10-23 |
| Indiana | Unless a written rental agreement says otherwise, at least 30 days' written notice before modifying the rental agreement (including rent). | IC 32-31-5-4 checked 2026-10-23 |
| Iowa | Written notice at least 30 days before the effective date; not effective before the lease (or renewal) expires. | Iowa Code § 562A.13(5) checked 2026-10-23 |
| Kansas | Kansas's landlord-tenant law (K.S.A. 58-2540 to 58-2573 (Residential Landlord and Tenant Act), reviewed by full-text search on 2026-10-15) sets no notice period for rent increases; the lease terms control. | K.S.A. 58-2540 to 58-2573 (Residential Landlord and Tenant Act) checked 2026-10-15 |
| Kentucky | Kentucky's URLTA (KRS 383.500-.715) sets no specific notice period for rent increases (act reviewed by full-text search). It applies only in localities that adopted it. | KRS 383.500-.715 checked 2026-10-23 |
| Louisiana | In Louisiana, a landlord who wants to change the terms of a month-to-month lease, such as the rent, ends it by notice of termination given at least ten calendar days before the end of the month (C.C. art. 2728(2)). For a residence, that notice must be in writing (C.C. art. 2729). The Civil Code has no separate rent-increase notice rule. | La. C.C. arts. 2728, 2729 checked 2026-10-23 |
| Maine | At least 45 days' written notice for any rent (or mandatory recurring fee) increase; at least 75 days if the increase, alone or combined over 12 months, is 10% or more. | 14 M.R.S. § 6015 checked 2026-10-15 |
| Maryland | A landlord must give written notice before raising rent: at least 90 days for terms over 1 month; 60 days for terms over 1 week up to 1 month; and for terms of 1 week or less, 7 days with a written lease or 21 days without one. Notice goes by first-class mail with a certificate of mailing, or electronically if the tenant chose that. This does not apply where the landlord has already given notice to terminate under § 8-402(c)(2). Local laws may require more. | Md. Code, Real Prop. § 8-209(a)(2), (b)(3), (c) checked 2026-10-23 |
| Massachusetts | Lease: rent stays the same for the lease term. Tenancy at will: rent can change only with written notice ending the current tenancy, equal to the rent interval or 30 days, whichever is longer; the notice may offer a new tenancy on different terms. | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 12 checked 2026-10-22 |
| Michigan | A lease cannot let the landlord change its terms mid-lease without the tenant's written consent. The lease may allow changes on at least 30 days' written notice, including rent increases to cover higher property taxes, utility charges or insurance premiums. No statute sets a notice period for increases at renewal. | MCL 554.633(1)(l) checked 2026-10-23 |
| Minnesota | No state statute setting a specific notice period for rent increases was found in Minn. Stat. chapter 504B. For periodic tenancies, a change in terms in practice follows the termination notice in § 504B.135: the interval between rent due dates, or 3 months if less. The Minnesota Attorney General handbook (agency guide) says one rental period plus one day. | Minn. Stat. ch. 504B; § 504B.135 checked 2026-10-22 |
| Mississippi | Ch. 89-8 sets no notice period for rent increases (full-text search of the chapter). § 89-8-17 lets a landlord demand a rent increase after a lease expires, so long as the dominant purpose is not retaliation for the tenant's actions protected by the chapter. | Miss. Code Ann. ch. 89-8; § 89-8-17 checked 2026-10-23 |
| Missouri | No Missouri statute sets a notice period for a rent increase. A month-to-month tenancy can be ended by written notice taking effect on a rent-paying date at least one month after the notice is received, so a landlord who wants new terms generally has to give that much notice. Fixed-term leases follow their terms. | RSMo § 441.060.4(1) checked 2026-10-23 |
| Montana | No state statute setting a notice period for rent increases was found in MCA tit. 70, chs. 24 and 25 (residential landlord and tenant). The lease terms control. | MCA tit. 70, chs. 24 and 25 (full-text search) checked 2026-10-23 |
| Nebraska | Nebraska's Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act sets no notice period for rent increases (full-text search of the act, §§ 76-1401 to 76-1449); the lease terms control. | Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 76-1401 to 76-1449 (Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act) checked 2026-10-23 |
| Nevada | Written notice 60 days before the first increased rent payment, or 30 days for periodic tenancies shorter than one month. | NRS 118A.300 checked 2026-10-23 |
| New Hampshire | For restricted property, refusing an increase is good cause for eviction only if the landlord gave at least 30 days' written notice of the amount and effective date. | RSA 540:2, IV checked 2026-10-23 |
| New Jersey | A rent increase requires a valid notice to quit and notice of the increase. State law does not fix a number of days. A tenant who then fails to pay the increased rent may be removed only if the increase is not unconscionable and complies with other laws and municipal ordinances (N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1(f)). | N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1(f) checked 2026-10-23 |
| New Mexico | Rent: month-to-month, written notice at least 30 days before the rent date; fixed term, at least 30 days before the term ends; periods under a month, one rental period. Fees set by the lease: written notice at least 60 days before the rent date or the end of a fixed term. | NMSA 1978, §§ 47-8-15, 47-8-19.4 (Laws 2025, ch. 122 (SB 267)) checked 2026-10-23 |
| New York | For a rent increase of 5% or more, or a non-renewal, the landlord must give written notice. The notice period depends on how long the tenant has lived there or the lease term: at least 30 days if under 1 year, 60 days for 1–2 years, and 90 days for 2 years or more. | N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 226-c(1)–(2) checked 2026-10-23 |
| North Carolina | No N.C. statute limits rent increases or sets a separate rent-increase notice period (full-text search of N.C. Gen. Stat. ch. 42). Guidance (N.C. Real Estate Commission, not statute): rent can't rise during a fixed lease term; for a month-to-month tenancy the landlord may raise rent by giving the same notice needed to end the tenancy under G.S. 42-14. | N.C. Gen. Stat. ch. 42 (full-text search); N.C. Real Estate Commission, Questions and Answers on Renting Residential Real Estate (guidance) checked 2026-10-15 |
| North Dakota | Month-to-month: written notice at least 30 days before the end of the month for new terms or rent to take effect. | N.D.C.C. § 47-16-07 checked 2026-10-15 |
| Ohio | Ohio's landlord-tenant law (Ohio Rev. Code ch. 5321 (§§ 5321.01–5321.20), reviewed by full-text search on 2026-10-15) sets no notice period for rent increases; the lease terms control. | Ohio Rev. Code ch. 5321 (§§ 5321.01–5321.20) checked 2026-10-23 |
| Oklahoma | There is no Oklahoma statute that sets a notice period for rent increases. Title 41 (Landlords and Tenants, including the Oklahoma Residential Landlord and Tenant Act) was searched by full-text search; the lease terms and local rules control. | Okla. Stat. tit. 41 (full-text search) checked 2026-10-23 |
| Oregon | Week-to-week: 7 days' written notice. Other tenancies: no increase in the first year, then 90 days' written notice, no more than once in any 12-month period, and capped at the annual maximum set under ORS 90.324. | ORS 90.323 checked 2026-10-23 |
| Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania's Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951 sets no rent-increase notice period (reviewed by full-text search). Its only rent-increase rule is that, after 5 years of tenancy, an increase does not require a bigger deposit (§ 511.1(d)). | Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951, 68 P.S. § 250.101 et seq. (Act of 1951, Section 101) checked 2026-10-23 |
| Rhode Island | At least 60 days' written notice before a rent increase; at least 120 days for month-to-month tenants over age 62. | R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-16.1 checked 2026-10-15 |
| South Carolina | South Carolina's landlord-tenant law (S.C. Code tit. 27, ch. 40 (Residential Landlord and Tenant Act), reviewed by full-text search on 2026-10-15) sets no notice period for rent increases; the lease terms control. | S.C. Code tit. 27, ch. 40 (Residential Landlord and Tenant Act) checked 2026-10-27 |
| South Dakota | Month-to-month: written notice at least 30 days before the end of the month; the tenant may then end the lease effective the first of the next month by giving notice within 15 days. | SDCL § 43-32-13 checked 2026-10-15 |
| Tennessee | Tenn. Code ch. 66-28 (reviewed by full-text search on 2026-10-15) sets no notice period for rent increases; the lease controls. Month-to-month tenancies can be ended with 30 days' notice under § 66-28-512. (Applies in counties covered by the URLTA, those with more than 75,000 people.) Applies only in counties with population over 75,000 (2010 census), where the URLTA applies (Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-28-102(a)); elsewhere common law and the lease govern. | Tenn. Code Ann. ch. 66-28 checked 2026-10-23 |
| Texas | The state landlord-tenant statute has no rent-increase notice requirement, so the lease terms and the month-to-month termination notice (§ 91.001) control (full-text search of Tex. Prop. Code ch. 92; § 92.331(b)). Increases are barred only as retaliation within six months of a tenant's protected action (§ 92.331(b)). | Tex. Prop. Code ch. 92; § 92.331(b) checked 2026-10-23 |
| Utah | Utah's Fit Premises Act and its eviction statutes (78B-6 Part 8) set no rent-increase notice period (full-text search). A month-to-month tenancy can be ended on 15 days' notice under § 78B-6-802. | Utah Code ch. 57-22; §§ 78B-6-801 to -816 checked 2026-10-15 |
| Vermont | A rent increase takes effect on the first day of the rental period after at least 60 days' actual notice to the tenant. | 9 V.S.A. § 4455(b) checked 2026-10-31 |
| Virginia | Landlords with more than 4 units (or more than a 10% interest in more than 4) must give written notice of a rent increase for the renewal term at least 60 days before the lease term ends (rising to 90 days from July 1, 2027). | Va. Code § 55.1-1204(K) checked 2026-10-15 |
| Washington | A landlord must give at least 90 days' prior written notice of a rent increase, except that a landlord shall give at least 30 days' prior written notice if the rental agreement governs a subsidized tenancy where the amount of rent is based on the income of the tenant or circumstances specific to the subsidized household. An increase may not become effective before the end of the rental agreement term, except that in a subsidized tenancy of that kind an increase may become effective upon completion of the term or sooner upon mutual consent (RCW 59.18.140(3)(a) and (b)). RCW 59.18.140(3)(c) is a transitional notice rule: for a tenant whose lease or rental agreement was entered into or renewed before May 7, 2025, and whose tenancy is for a specified time, if the lease or rental agreement had more than 60 days but less than 90 days left before the end of the specified time as of May 7, 2025, the landlord must give written notice at least 60 days before the effective date of an increase. That 60-day rule is limited to the tenancies described in RCW 59.18.140(3)(c) and is not a general replacement of the 90-day period in RCW 59.18.140(3)(a). Except as authorized by an exemption under RCW 59.18.710, a landlord may not increase the rent for any type of tenancy, regardless of whether the tenancy is month-to-month or for a term greater or lesser than month-to-month, during the first 12 months after the tenancy begins, or during any 12-month period of the tenancy in an amount greater than seven percent plus the consumer price index, or 10 percent, whichever is less (RCW 59.18.700(1)(a)). RCW 59.18.700(1)(b) says that subsection (1) does not prohibit a landlord from adjusting the rent by any amount after a tenant vacates the dwelling unit and the tenancy ends. Beginning June 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, the department of commerce shall calculate the maximum annual rent increase percentage allowed under RCW 59.18.700(1)(a) for the following calendar year and publish the information on its website and in a press release. For this purpose, "consumer price index" means the June 12-month percent change in the consumer price index for all urban consumers, all items, for the Seattle area as published by the United States bureau of labor statistics (RCW 59.18.700(1)(c)). This answer does not state a published yearly percentage. If a landlord increases the rent above the amount allowed in RCW 59.18.700(1) as authorized by an exemption under RCW 59.18.710, the landlord must include facts supporting any claimed exemptions in the written notice of the rent increase. Notice must comply with RCW 59.18.700, 59.18.720, and 59.18.140, and be served in accordance with RCW 59.12.040 (RCW 59.18.700(2)). RCW 59.18.720 requires a notice of rent increase in a form substantially the same as the statutory form in RCW 59.18.720(3), with an exception in RCW 59.18.720(2) for certain income-based subsidized tenancies. This answer does not restate that form in full. RCW 59.18.710(1) provides that rent increases are not limited by RCW 59.18.700 for any of the following types of tenancies: (a) a tenancy in a dwelling unit for which the first certificate of occupancy was issued 12 or less years before the date of the notice of the rent increase; (b) a tenancy in a dwelling unit owned by a public housing authority, a public development authority, a nonprofit organization where maximum rents are regulated by other laws or local, state, or federal affordable housing program requirements, or a nonprofit entity, as defined in RCW 84.36.560, where a nonprofit organization, housing authority, or public development authority has the majority decision-making power on behalf of the general partner, and where maximum rents are regulated by other laws or local, state, or federal affordable housing program requirements; (c) a tenancy in a qualified low-income housing development as defined in RCW 82.45.010, where the property is owned by any of the organizations described in (b)(i) through (iv); (d) a tenancy in a qualified low-income housing development which was allocated federal low-income housing tax credits authorized under 26 U.S.C. Sec. 42 or successor statute, by the Washington state housing finance commission or successor state-authorized tax credit allocating agency, so long as there is an enforceable regulatory agreement with the Washington state housing finance commission under the low-income housing tax credit program; (e) a tenancy in a dwelling unit in which the tenant shares a bathroom or kitchen facility with the owner who maintains a principal residence at the residential real property; (f) a tenancy in a single-family owner-occupied residence, including a residence in which the owner-occupant rents or leases no more than two units or bedrooms including, but not limited to, an attached or detached accessory dwelling unit; and (g) a tenancy in a duplex, triplex, or fourplex in which the owner occupied one of the units as the owner's principal place of residence at the beginning of the tenancy, so long as the owner continues the occupancy. RCW 59.18.710(2) provides that subsection (1)(e) through (g) only apply where the owner is not a real estate investment trust, as defined in section 856 of the internal revenue code; a corporation; or a limited liability company in which at least one member is a corporation. The official source note following RCW 59.18.700 quotes 2025 c 209 as taking effect immediately [May 7, 2025]. RCW 59.18.700, 59.18.710, and 59.18.720 each state that the section expires July 1, 2040. RCW 59.18.700 also addresses lease-type rent parity, enforcement and remedies, an opportunity for the landlord to cure an unauthorized increase, termination of the rental agreement before an unauthorized increase takes effect, and tenant-screening reports. Those provisions are not fully restated here. | RCW 59.18.140, 59.18.700, 59.18.710, 59.18.720 checked 2026-11-12 |
| West Virginia | No state statute setting a notice period for rent increases was found in W. Va. Code ch. 37 art. 6 and 6A (landlord and tenant; deposits) and ch. 55 art. 3A. The lease terms control. | W. Va. Code ch. 37, art. 6 (Landlord and Tenant); see § 37-6-30 checked 2026-10-23 |
| Wisconsin | No state statute setting a specific notice period for rent increases was found in Wis. Stat. chapter 704. A periodic tenancy can be ended or changed only with the termination notice rules in § 704.19 (generally at least 28 days for month-to-month). | Wis. Stat. ch. 704; § 704.19 checked 2026-10-22 |
| Wyoming | There is no Wyoming statute on this point. Wyoming's landlord-tenant law (Wyo. Stat. §§ 1-21-1201 to 1-21-1211 (Residential Rental Property Act), full-text search on 2026-10-15) sets no notice period for rent increases; the lease terms control. | Wyo. Stat. §§ 1-21-1201 to 1-21-1211 (Residential Rental Property Act) checked 2026-10-23 |
How to give a rent increase notice that sticks
Confirm the notice period and any writing requirement for your state in the table above, then put the new rent amount and the effective date in a clear written notice. Deliver it the way your state and lease allow, keep proof of when it was sent, and make sure the effective date falls after the notice period and after the current lease term ends if the lease forbids mid-term increases. These are good-practice habits, not a substitute for reading the official source.
If your rental sits in a city with rent control, just-cause eviction, or a rental registry, the city rule can limit how much rent can go up even when the state notice is correct. Open the city page for your market before you price a renewal, and treat the state notice rule and the city cap as two separate checks.
Frequently asked questions
Can I raise rent in the middle of a fixed-term lease?
Usually only if the lease itself allows a mid-term increase. Most fixed-term leases lock the rent until the term ends, and the state notice rules above apply when you renew or shift to a periodic tenancy. Check the lease and your state's row before you try a mid-term raise.
Does a longer tenancy mean a longer notice period?
In some states yes. A few states scale the notice length by how long the tenant has lived in the unit, or by the size of the increase. Use your state's row and the linked statute to see which factors apply where you rent.
Is email enough to give rent increase notice?
That depends on your state and on what the lease says about notices. Many states still expect a written notice delivered in a specific way. Confirm the delivery rules in the official source linked beside your state before you rely on email alone.
How often are these rules checked?
Every rule on this page is pulled from our verified data, which is re-checked against the official source on a rolling daily schedule. The last-checked date beside each rule shows when we last confirmed it.
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