These tips will help you protect your legal and financial interests during the transition. Always make written documentation of every significant occurrence between you and your landlord. If you have a term lease set to expire, then you probably don't need to worry about providing notice. The notice should be written and you should keep a copy of it. The notice should state the exact termination date which should be no less than 30 days from the day the notice is provided.
Termination is different than moving out.
Someone who moves out still owes rent. Someone who's terminated doesn't. If the notice is mailed rather than hand-delivered, then the relevant period needs to be at least 33 days and the notice needs to mention that the extra three days were added and explain why. Your notice should also include a forwarding address where the landlord can send your security deposit. It should indicate a date and time at which you would like to conduct a joint move-out inspection .