How much notice required for non-renewal of lease in Alabama?

[Mindy Jensen]

How much notice is legally required for landlords to give tenants when they are not renewing a 12-month lease in Alabama?

[Denise Evans]

If the lease is not an automatically renewing lease, you are not required to give notice of non-renewal. BUT, it is a good idea to give 30-days notice, in order to avoid misunderstandings and problems. In my experience, most tenants believe they can simply go month-to-month at their discretion, and the landlord just has to live with it. If your tenant believes that and stays in possession, you will either have to wait 30 days for them to move out, or file an eviction lawsuit and possibly wait longer than 30 days if everything does not happen as quickly as it possibly can.