Landlord’s notice: what is the deadline?
Lease start date and type: the date by which your tenant must have received your notice so that the lease does not renew.
Examples
Calculated with today’s date.
Unfurnished (3 years) · 1 April 2023
Notice received no later than
30 September 2028
Furnished (1 year) · 1 September 2025
Notice received no later than
31 May 2027
Unfurnished, company landlord (6 years) · 1 July 2021
Notice received no later than
30 December 2026
The rules
- Unfurnished: notice received at least six months before the end of the lease. The lease lasts three years, six if the landlord is a company (a family SCI counts as an individual).
- Furnished: three months before the end of a one-year lease. The nine-month student lease ends on its own.
- Only three grounds: taking the home back to live in (you or a relative), selling it, or a legitimate and serious reason such as unpaid rent. The notice states the ground, otherwise it is void.
- Registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, bailiff’s deed or hand delivery against receipt. The period runs from receipt.
- Tenant over 65 with modest income: no notice without an offer of rehousing, unless the landlord is also over 65 or has modest income.
- Notice to sell or take back: an official information notice is attached. A fraudulent notice is punished by a fine of up to €6,000 for an individual.
Indicative calculation, based on the figures entered and the rules cited on this page. It is not legal, tax or financial advice, nor a recommendation to buy, sell or take any action.
Rules checked on 7 November 2026.
Sources: law no. 89-462 of 6 July 1989, art. 10, 15, 25-7 and 25-8 (Légifrance).