Lease is ending in Ohio

Ohio landlord guide to ending week-to-week, month-to-month, and fixed-term residential tenancies.

What the Ohio tool checks

Week-to-week tenancies generally require at least seven days' notice.
Month-to-month tenancies generally require at least thirty days before the periodic rental date.
Fixed-term leases can be controlled by their own renewal/nonrenewal clauses.
A future termination notice is different from a later 3-Day Notice to Leave Premises.

Based on

Ohio Rev. Code §5321.17

The tool uses current Ohio rules as verified September 2, 2026 and stops rather than inventing certainty when a special rule or fact-intensive issue controls.

Why the facts matter

Ohio does not use one notice period for every lease-ending situation. The correct path depends on whether the tenancy is week-to-week, month-to-month, or fixed-term, and a written lease can add its own renewal or nonrenewal requirements. The date the landlord wants the tenancy to end also matters because a periodic-tenancy notice must line up with the applicable rental period rather than simply using an arbitrary number of days from today.

What to verify before taking the next step

Whether the tenancy is fixed-term, week-to-week, month-to-month, or another arrangement.
The lease end date and any automatic-renewal, extension, or nonrenewal clause.
The periodic rental date that controls a month-to-month termination.
The date the landlord wants the tenancy to end and whether enough notice time remains.

What happens next

The Ohio lease-ending workflow separates a notice that ends the tenancy in the future from the later pre-filing notice that may be required if the tenant stays after a valid termination. That distinction matters because serving the wrong document too early can confuse the legal sequence. The tool uses the tenancy type, lease language, and dates to identify the next supported step.

If the facts involve special housing rules, an active court case, a disputed right to possession, or another issue outside the ordinary residential workflow, the tool is designed to stop rather than force the situation into the wrong notice.

Use the Ohio decision tool