Vermont Eviction Notice
Vermont eviction notice: 14-day nonpayment and 30-day lease-violation notices, 9 V.S.A. Section 4467. Free template, statute cites. Attorney review available.
Introduction
Vermont skips the personal-service-first hierarchy most states use for eviction notices. A Vermont termination notice only has to be "actual notice," meaning hand-delivered or mailed (first-class or certified) to the tenant's last known address, with no method ranked above another; posting a notice on the door alone is never enough. This page is the actual Vermont eviction notice a landlord fills out, dates, and serves, not a broader guide to Vermont's eviction process: an eviction notice is the written notice a landlord must give before filing an ejectment action (Vermont's eviction lawsuit) in court. Nonpayment of rent gets a 14-day notice, voided if the tenant pays everything owed before the termination date. A material lease term violation gets a longer 30-day notice, with no separate statutory right to cure. Criminal activity, illegal drug activity, or violence threatening another resident's health or safety gets the shorter 14-day notice. Vermont's residential rental chapter, 9 V.S.A. Chapter 137, Section 4467, sets these periods and requires every notice to state a specific termination date. There's no government-issued notice-to-quit form; the statute controls the content instead. Miss the day count, skip actual notice, or wait too long, and the case can fail: Vermont gives a landlord only 60 days after the termination date to file in court, or the notice no longer supports a judgment of eviction.
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Key Things to Know
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An eviction notice in Vermont is a written notice, meeting the "actual notice" standard below, that a landlord must give a tenant stating a specific termination date, before filing an ejectment action (Vermont's eviction lawsuit) in court.
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Nonpayment of rent gets a 14-day notice. The notice is voided entirely if the tenant pays or tenders all rent due through the end of the rental period before the termination date; accepting a partial payment doesn't waive the landlord's remedies. (9 V.S.A. Section 4467(a))
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Failing to comply with a material term of the lease, or with obligations Chapter 137 imposes, gets a longer 30-day notice. Vermont's statute doesn't give the tenant a separate right to cure this category before the notice runs. (9 V.S.A. Section 4467(b)(1))
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Criminal activity, illegal drug activity, or acts of violence that threaten another resident's health or safety get the shorter 14-day notice, the same length as nonpayment. (9 V.S.A. Section 4467(b)(2))
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The governing law is Vermont's residential rental chapter, 9 V.S.A. Chapter 137, Section 4467, which sets every notice period on this page and requires the termination date to be specifically stated in the notice. A court case must be filed within 60 days of that termination date or the notice can no longer support an eviction judgment.
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Service must meet Vermont's "actual notice" standard: hand delivery, first-class mail, or certified mail, each addressed or delivered to the tenant, with no ranked order between them. Vermont law does not authorize service by posting alone. Mailed notice is presumed received 3 days after mailing. (9 V.S.A. Section 4451(1))
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There's no state-issued notice-to-quit form. A landlord writes the notice, but it must meet the actual-notice delivery standard and specifically state the termination date. Ending a tenancy with no cause takes longer than any for-cause notice: 60 or 90 days without a written agreement, or 30 or 60 days with one, depending on whether the tenant has lived there more than 2 years. (9 V.S.A. Section 4467(c), (e))
Key decisions before you file
Before you file a Eviction Notice in Vermont, a few decisions shape the document: which option to choose and what each one means. The Eviction Notice guide walks through them.
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Vermont Requirements for Eviction Notice
Governing Notice Statute (9 V.S.A. Chapter 137, Section 4467)
the statutory basis for every notice type on this page, requiring the termination date to be specifically stated and requiring court proceedings to commence within 60 days of that date.
Notice Period for Nonpayment of Rent (9 V.S.A. Section 4467(a))
14-day notice, voided entirely if the tenant pays or tenders all rent due through the end of the rental period before the termination date; accepting a partial payment does not waive the landlord's remedies.
Notice Period for Material Lease Term Violations (9 V.S.A. Section 4467(b)(1))
30-day notice for failing to comply with a material rental agreement term or a Chapter 137 obligation, with no separate statutory right to cure before the notice period runs.
Actual Notice Service Requirements (9 V.S.A. Section 4451(1))
notice must be hand-delivered or mailed (first-class or certified) to the tenant's last known address, with no ranked order among the methods and no service by posting alone; mailed notice is presumed received 3 days after mailing.
Notice Period for Criminal Activity, Drug Activity, or Violence (9 V.S.A. Section 4467(b)(2))
14-day notice where termination is based on criminal activity, illegal drug activity, or acts of violence threatening the health or safety of other residents.
No-Cause Termination Notice Periods (9 V.S.A. Section 4467(c), (e))
distinct from the for-cause notices above, ending a tenancy without cause requires 60 or 90 days' notice without a written rental agreement, or 30 or 60 days' notice with one, depending on whether the tenant has resided there more than 2 years.
No Prescribed Notice Form, Content Required (9 V.S.A. Section 4467(f); vtcourts.gov)
no government-issued notice-to-quit form exists, but every notice must meet the actual-notice delivery standard and specifically state the termination date.