Can the tenant do this?

[Sharad M.]

Hello all,

I am a new landlord and I just got a call from one of my tenants who wants to move out. He is on a month to month lease. He moved in Oct 1 and gave me security deposit. He signed a lease but I never gave him a copy of the lease.

Now he just called me and told me that he wants to move out in next couple of days. So I told him that he needs to give me 30 days notice per the signed lease and he said because I didn't give him a copy of the lease, by law he's not supposed to give me notice. Is that right? The signed lease that I have clearly says that he's supposed to give me 30 days notice before he moves.