Landlord notice deadlines — Kentucky
In Kentucky, the checked deadlines on this page cover: pay or quit, ending a tenancy, raising the rent. Each figure carries its statute and the stamp Rules checked October 2026. Run your exact dates through the checker — the period is only half the answer; the counting rule is the other half.
| Pay or quit | 7 calendar days — the tenant may pay and cure (Ky. Rev. Stat. § 383.660(2)). In URLTA jurisdictions: 7-day written notice of nonpayment and intent to terminate; the landlord may terminate if rent is not paid within 7 days after the notice. Paying within 7 days cures. Outside URLTA jurisdictions, general Kentucky law and the lease control, and every eviction still requires a court order. |
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| End a tenancy | 30 days — month-to-month (URLTA) (Ky. Rev. Stat. § 383.695(2)). At least 30 days' written notice. 7 days — week-to-week (URLTA) (Ky. Rev. Stat. § 383.695(1)). 7 days' written notice. 30 days — tenancy at will or by sufferance (non-URLTA) (Ky. Rev. Stat. § 383.195). 1 month's written notice. |
| Raise the rent | 30 days (Ky. Rev. Stat. § 383.695). No cap in URLTA counties, and local caps are barred. 30 days' notice for a change in a month-to-month tenancy. |
| How days are counted | No Kentucky counting rule (weekend/holiday treatment) was verified from a primary source for this dataset. |
| Allowed service methods | hand delivery to the tenant registered or certified mail to the place the tenant holds out for receipt of communications (Ky. Rev. Stat. § 383.560(3)(c)) |
| Just cause | No statewide just-cause requirement. |
| Sources checked | https://cdn.ymaws.com/kybar.site-ym.com/resource/resmgr/2022_convention/materials/keeping_kentuckians_housed_e.pdf https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/Statutes/statute.aspx?id=35758 |
Local rules sit on top of state law in many places — city just-cause lists, rent boards, and prescribed local forms. A state deadline is the floor of the analysis, never a promise that no local rule adds to it.
The paper that goes with the date
The checker gives you the date. The kit gives you the notices: pay or quit, non-renewal / termination, and rent increase letters generated from these same checked deadlines, a letter builder that fills in your dates and names, the move-in and move-out inspection checklists, and the proof-of-service checklist.
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