Landlord-tenant law is not federal. Your forms should know that.

A pay-or-quit notice is three days in one state and fourteen in another. Deposit return runs from fourteen days to sixty. Pick your state and every form below carries its rules.

By jurisdiction51 states and DC

The fifteen biggest rental markets

Each page carries that state's notice periods, deposit cap and return deadline, with the forms that apply them.

Notice periods and deposit rules for the fifteen most populous states
State	Pay or quit	Month-to-month	Rent increase	Max deposit	Deposit return	Rent control
California	3 days	30 days	30 days	2 months unfurnished, 3 months furnished	21 days	Yes
Texas	3 days	30 days	30 days	No limit	30 days	No
Florida	3 days	15 days	30 days	No limit	30 days	No
New York	14 days	30 days	30 days	1 month	14 days	Yes
Pennsylvania	10 days	30 days	30 days	2 months first year, 1 month after	30 days	Yes
Illinois	5 days	30 days	30 days	No limit	45 days	Yes
Ohio	3 days	30 days	30 days	No limit	30 days	No
Georgia	0 days	60 days	60 days	No limit	30 days	No
North Carolina	10 days	7 days	7 days	1.5 months (week-to-week: 2 weeks)	30 days	No
Michigan	7 days	30 days	30 days	1.5 months	30 days	No
New Jersey	30 days	30 days	30 days	1.5 months	30 days	Yes
Virginia	5 days	30 days	30 days	2 months	45 days	No
Washington	14 days	60 days	60 days	No limit	21 days	Yes
Arizona	5 days	30 days	30 days	1.5 months	14 days	No
Massachusetts	14 days	30 days	30 days	1 month	30 days	Yes

Every state and DC

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RC marks states with rent control in at least some areas

Cities with their own rules

State law is the floor, not the ceiling. These cities layer rent stabilisation, just-cause eviction or registration duties on top, and the local rule wins where they conflict.

One tenant, one set of rules, every form.

Store the tenant and the property once. Every notice you generate afterwards carries your state's notice period, and the records stay filed against that tenancy.

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