Updated June 01, 2022
A Montana Standard Notice to Quit (for all Eviction types) is a well-designed legal document created by the Montana Supreme Court that includes every possible scenario a tenant might breach a contract into one single form. A landlord can simply use this document at anytime one of their tenants creates a breach within the rental agreement. When a breach arises, the landlord must go through this notice and give a checkmark next to the paragraph that correlates to the tenant’s breach.
This Notice to Quit form can be used in the following situations:
- Ending a month-to-month tenancy with 30 days notice
- Ending a week-to-week tenancy with 7 days notice
- Failure to pay rent in which the tenant will have 3 days
- A second lease violation has been committed in the last 6 months; 5 days to move out
- Criminal/gang/drug-related violation; 3 days to move out
- Unauthorized pet or person living in rental space; 3 days to remove person/pet or move out
- Damage to the rental unit or surrounding premises; 3 days to restore or move out
- Refusing to give lawful access to the landlord; failure to give access within 24 hours, then the tenant will have to move out within 14 days
- Removed, replaced, or added a lock; tenant must restore within 24 hours or be evicted within 14 days
- Other non-compliance or violation
Laws – M.C.A. 70-24-422, 70-24-441
How to Write
Step 1 – Start by entering a date you, the landlord, plan on delivering this notice to the tenant, either by hand-delivery or by mail.
Step 2 – Complete your full contact details including your name, street address, city, state, zip and phone number. Do the same below for the tenant’s name and address.
Step 3 – After it says “Dear”, enter the name of the tenant. Then below, proceed to enter the address of the tenant’s rental unit. After you will see paragraphs with a box to the right. Select the paragraph that best resembles the tenant’s breach and give a signature at the bottom.