Section 21 notice

A section 21 notice is a notice served on the tenant by the landlord giving the tenant two full rent periods of notice. The wording of the notice, the way it is served and the dates of the notice are vital. A mistake in any of these can mean that the notice is invalid and the landlord must start again with their attempts to repossess their property.

A section 21 notice cannot force a tenant to leave during the term of the assured shorthold tenancy agreement, or even during the first 6 months that a tenant is renting a property. However it can be served during that time to expire at the end of the term/ initial 6 months.

The section 21 notice does not require the landlord to give any reason for wanting the tenant to leave.

If the tenant does not leave when requested then a court would have no discretion to permit the tenant to remain in the property.

Once issued, a section 21 notice does not expire, and the landlord can permit the tenant to stay beyond the date of the notice.

There are two slightly different types of Section 21 notice - a section 21xxx to end an Assured Shorthold Tenancy at the end of the term, and a Section 21xxx to end a Statutory Periodic Tenancy.Follow these links for blank section 21 notices - Section 21xxx and Section 21xxx.

Alternatively you can complete a simple on-line form that will automatically generate the completed section 21 notice for you here