Free Blank California Lease Termination Letter (2026)
Download an empty Lease Termination Letter template for California: the same statute-aware layout our generator uses, with blank lines to fill in by hand. No account, no email, no watermark.
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California rules that this document follows
| Month-to-month notice | Landlord: 60 days; Tenant: 30 daysSource: Cal. Civ. Code § 1946.1(b)–(c) (60 days; 30 days if every tenant has resided less than 1 year); tenant 30 days (§ 1946.1(c)) |
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| Week-to-week notice | 7 daysSource: Cal. Civ. Code § 1946 (notice equal to the rental period, not exceeding 30 days) |
| Just cause required for landlord | Yes — At-fault causes (nonpayment, breach, nuisance) are served with the Eviction Notice generator, not this letter.Source: Cal. Civ. Code § 1946.2 (Tenant Protection Act: after 12 months' occupancy, termination only for at-fault or no-fault just cause; relocation assistance of 1 month's rent for no-fault) |
| Permitted delivery methods | Hand delivery; Leaving with a person of suitable age at the premises + first-class mail; Posting on the entry door + first-class mail; Certified or registered mail |
| Early-termination rights | Servicemembers Civil Relief Act / Cal. Military & Veterans Code; Victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking, elder abuse or crime causing bodily injury (14 days' notice); Death of tenant (estate not liable beyond notice period on periodic tenancy)Source: 50 U.S.C. § 3955; Cal. Mil. & Vet. Code § 409.3; Cal. Civ. Code § 1946.7; Cal. Civ. Code § 1934 |
| Statute | Cal. Civ. Code §§ 1946, 1946.1, 1946.2, 1946.7 |
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