Landlord Entry Notice Laws by State

A 50-state comparison for residential rentals, with every state verified against official statutes. Each figure in this table comes from a statute verification pass against official state sources — each row shows its own verified date, and each state links to its own page with the full citations.

23 of the 50 states require advance notice before a landlord enters a rental, from 12 hours to 48 hours; 24 hours is the norm, used by 14 states. The remaining 27 set no fixed statutory period. 35 states recognize an emergency exception to whatever notice is required.

No figure appears here unless it was verified against official state sources on the date shown — see how we verify.