Landlords can send a Notice to Remedy when a tenant seriously violates their lease. For instance, a landlord may use a Notice to Remedy to ask tenants to rectify situations such as:
Failing to pay rent on time
Violating terms of the lease (e.g., unauthorized occupants)
Causing substantial damage to the property
Harassing people on the premises with violence or threats
Conducting illegal activities on the premises
This notice letter gives fair warning to tenants to resolve a problem within a certain time frame (often 14 days). If the tenant fails to do so, their landlord may proceed with terminating the tenancy. In this case, the landlord would then provide a Notice to Vacate. In some jurisdictions, landlords must send a Notice to Remedy before they send a Notice to Vacate. If the breach of lease terms was not of a serious nature (e.g., a noise complaint), the landlord and tenant may prefer to resolve the issue by talking to each other. Landlords often reserve sending a Notice to Remedy for a serious violation.