How many days' notice must a landlord give before raising rent in Ohio?

No rent-increase statute — notice derives from tenancy-termination rules (see summary).

Does Ohio have rent control?

No — Ohio has no statewide rent control or stabilization.

Does Ohio preempt local rent control ordinances?

Ohio law expressly prohibits political subdivisions from imposing or requiring rent control or rent stabilization, with exceptions for local housing, building, health and safety codes, rent rules for housing a political subdivision itself owns or operates, and voluntary incentives or agreements that affect rent in order to increase or maintain the supply or improve the quality of rental housing.

Can a landlord raise the rent during a fixed-term lease in Ohio?

No Ohio statute governs a rent change during a fixed-term residential lease, so the lease's own terms control. The week-to-week and month-to-month termination periods of ORC 5321.17 do not apply to a fixed term. In a manufactured home park, no rental fee may be increased during the term of the rental agreement, and an increase needs at least 30 days' written notice of its effective date (ORC 4781.40(B)).

How much notice is required to raise the rent in Ohio?

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Legislative changes ahead — not yet in force. This page reflects the law in force today. The following measures would change Ohio's landlord-tenant law:

H.B. 368 (136th General Assembly) — sealing of eviction records after three years — Would enact a new section of the eviction chapter requiring an eviction record to be sealed three years after the case. Ohio has no eviction-record sealing or suppression statute today, so enactment would create one and would change what a screening report can lawfully show about an applicant's eviction history. Status: Introduced in the House on June 18, 2025 and referred to committee on September 15, 2025. There has been no action since, no signature and no effective date. The 136th General Assembly runs through December 31, 2026. (checked October 1, 2026).
S.B. 204 (136th General Assembly) — suppression of eviction records in certain circumstances — Would amend the eviction chapter's answer-and-hearing section and enact the same new section number as the House bill, but to allow a court to suppress an eviction record in certain circumstances rather than to require sealing after a fixed period. The two bills cannot both take effect as drafted because they would enact the same section. Status: Introduced in the Senate on May 20, 2025 and referred to committee on May 28, 2025. There has been no action since, no signature and no effective date. The 136th General Assembly runs through December 31, 2026. (checked October 1, 2026).

Ohio has no statute setting a notice period for a rent increase in an ordinary residential tenancy; the effective floor for a month-to-month tenancy is the termination rule in ORC 5321.17(B) — notice at least 30 days before the periodic rental date — because a tenant who rejects the new rent is on notice the tenancy can end on that same timeline (week-to-week tenancies use 7 days).

Cited to ORC 5321.17 (B) and 4 more cited sources · Verified October 1, 2026

Manufactured home parks are the exception: a park operator must give at least 30 days' written notice before a lot rent increase takes effect and may not raise the rent during the term of the rental agreement (ORC 4781.40(B)). Ohio has no statewide rent control, and since 2022 state law expressly preempts local rent control and rent stabilization: HB 430 amended ORC 5321.19 to bar political subdivisions from regulating the rights and obligations of parties to a rental agreement that the chapter regulates, 'including, without limitation, by any way imposing or requiring rent control or rent stabilization,' with exceptions for local housing, building, health and safety codes, housing a political subdivision owns or operates, and voluntary incentive programs, alongside legislative findings in ORC 5321.20.

Ohio rent increase notice at a glance

Notice — month-to-month	No rent-increase statute — notice derives from tenancy-termination rules (see summary)
Varies by increase size	Not addressed by statute
Fixed-term leases	No Ohio statute governs a rent change during a fixed-term residential lease, so the lease's own terms control. The week-to-week and month-to-month termination periods of ORC 5321.17 do not apply to a fixed term. In a manufactured home park, no rental fee may be increased during the term of the rental agreement, and an increase needs at least 30 days' written notice of its effective date (ORC 4781.40(B)).
Statewide rent control / stabilization	No
Rent control details	Not addressed by statute
Local rent regulation	Ohio law expressly prohibits political subdivisions from imposing or requiring rent control or rent stabilization, with exceptions for local housing, building, health and safety codes, rent rules for housing a political subdivision itself owns or operates, and voluntary incentives or agreements that affect rent in order to increase or maintain the supply or improve the quality of rental housing.
Frequency limits	Not addressed by statute

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Notes and caveats

The 30 days is derived from the termination statute, not a rent-increase law — Ohio has no rent-increase-notice statute for ordinary residential tenancies, which is why the month-to-month field is blank. The operative requirement comes from the termination rule in ORC 5321.17(B). The one statutory notice period is for a manufactured home park lot: at least 30 days' written notice before a lot rent increase takes effect (ORC 4781.40(B)).
The 30 days run to the periodic rental date — Count to the periodic rental date — usually the rent due date — not simply 30 calendar days from the day the notice is served.
Ohio limits the reason for an increase, not the timing — Outside manufactured home parks, Ohio fixes no notice period for a rent increase, but it does bar one reason for it. A landlord may not raise the rent, cut services, or bring or threaten a possession action against a tenant because the tenant complained to a government agency about a building, housing, health or safety code violation that materially affects health and safety, complained to the landlord about a breach of the landlord's own statutory duties, or joined with other tenants to deal collectively with the landlord. A tenant facing that can use it as a defense to a possession action, recover possession, or end the rental agreement, and can recover actual damages and reasonable attorney's fees as well. The section carries its own limit: nothing in it stops a landlord from raising the rent to reflect the cost of improvements installed in or about the premises, or an increase in other costs of operating them (R.C. 5321.02(A), (B), (C)).

Common questions: Ohio rent increase notice

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How many days' notice must a landlord give before raising rent in Ohio?: No rent-increase statute — notice derives from tenancy-termination rules (see summary).
Does Ohio have rent control?: No — Ohio has no statewide rent control or stabilization.
Does Ohio preempt local rent control ordinances?: Ohio law expressly prohibits political subdivisions from imposing or requiring rent control or rent stabilization, with exceptions for local housing, building, health and safety codes, rent rules for housing a political subdivision itself owns or operates, and voluntary incentives or agreements that affect rent in order to increase or maintain the supply or improve the quality of rental housing.
Can a landlord raise the rent during a fixed-term lease in Ohio?: No Ohio statute governs a rent change during a fixed-term residential lease, so the lease's own terms control. The week-to-week and month-to-month termination periods of ORC 5321.17 do not apply to a fixed term. In a manufactured home park, no rental fee may be increased during the term of the rental agreement, and an increase needs at least 30 days' written notice of its effective date (ORC 4781.40(B)).
How often can a landlord raise the rent in Ohio?: Not addressed by statute.

Citations

ORC 5321.17 · (B) (verified 2026) Official source
ORC 5321.19 (verified 2026) Official source
ORC 5321.20 (verified 2026) Official source
ORC 5321.02 · (A)-(C) (verified 2026) Official source
ORC 4781.40 · (B) (verified 2026) Official source

How this record was verified: Direct read of Ohio Revised Code text on the official codes.ohio.gov site (Legislative Service Commission). October 1, 2026: every section the security deposit, rent increase, late fee, entry and eviction answers rest on was read in full there with its effective-date line: R.C. 5321.01 to 5321.06, 5321.11, 5321.13 to 5321.17, 5321.19 and 5321.20; 1923.01 to 1923.15; 1.14; and, for manufactured home parks, 4781.38, 4781.40 and 4781.50. The 2022 act that bars local rent control (H.B. 430, 134th General Assembly, effective September 23, 2022) and S.B. 237 (135th General Assembly, effective April 9, 2025) were read in their enrolled texts on the General Assembly's site. The Rules of Civil Procedure and Rules of Appellate Procedure, and the court decisions cited, were read on the Supreme Court of Ohio's site. The city ordinances named in the late-fee and eviction notes were read in the cities' published codes.