§ 35-9-6 — Notice to Quit for Breach or Default of Terms of Lease

Alabama § 35-9-6

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 35: Property
• Ch. 9: Landlord and Tenant
• Art. 1: General Provisions

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When default is made in any of the terms of a lease, it shall not be necessary to give more than 10 days’ notice to quit, or of the termination of such tenancy, and the same may be terminated on giving such notice to quit at any time after such default in any of the terms of such lease; which notice may be substantially in the following form:
“To A. B.:
You are hereby notified that in consequence of your default in (here insert the character of the default) of the premises now occupied by you, being (here describe the premises), I have elected to terminate your lease, and you are hereby notifed to quit and deliver up possession of the same to me within 10 days of this date. Dated this _____ day of _____” To be signed by the lessor or his agent; and no other notice or demand of possession or termination of such tenancy shall be necessary to maintain unlawful detainer.

Legislative History

(Code 1923, §8823; Code 1940, T. 31, §6.)