---
title: "Landlord’s termination notice validity checklist: grounds, notice periods and exclusion periods (NSW)"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/residential-tenancies/landlord-termination-notice-validity-checklist-nsw"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a57-landlord-termination-notice-validity-checklist-nsw"
area_id: "A57"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A57-N20261018-2", "A57-N20261018-7"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-18"
---

# Landlord’s termination notice validity checklist: grounds, notice periods and exclusion periods (NSW)

> Checklist to test a NSW landlord’s termination notice under the 2025 reasonable-grounds regime: form and signature, the ground relied on, the minimum notice period for periodic, short fixed term and other fixed term…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/residential-tenancies/landlord-termination-notice-validity-checklist-nsw  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-18

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Checklist to test a NSW landlord’s termination notice under the 2025 reasonable-grounds regime: form and signature, the ground relied on, the minimum notice period for periodic, short fixed term and other fixed term agreements, supporting documents, long tenancies and re-letting limits.

## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Residential Tenancies](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/residential-tenancies.md)
- Jurisdictions: New South Wales
- AI level: Yellow. AI can help in set ways. A lawyer checks specific points before use.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-18
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-18 against the 4 authorities it cites, for New South Wales.

## When to use it

Use when acting for a tenant who has received a termination notice, or for a landlord before one is given, for a residential tenancy agreement in NSW. It covers the grounds in ss 84 to 88 of the Residential Tenancies Act 2010 (NSW) as amended in 2024. Check the regulations for the supporting documents each ground needs.

## Used for these tasks

- [Check a landlord's termination notice for validity](https://ailawframework.com/practice/residential-tenancies.md#A57-N20261018-2)
- [Advise a landlord on a ground for ending the tenancy](https://ailawframework.com/practice/residential-tenancies.md#A57-N20261018-7)

## How AI may be used

AI may extract the notice details and calculate the minimum termination date for the ground and agreement type; the lawyer decides whether the ground is made out and the notice is valid.

**AI may:**

- Extract the premises, dates, ground, signature and attachments from the notice and the agreement into the checklist
- Calculate the earliest valid termination date for the ground and the agreement type, for the lawyer to confirm
- Compare the rent ledger with a non-payment notice to show whether rent was unpaid for at least 14 days before the notice

**AI must not:**

- Must not decide whether a ground is genuine or made out
- Must not tell the tenant or landlord that a notice is valid or invalid
- Must not contact the other party or the agent

**The lawyer checks:**

- The agreement type (periodic, short fixed term of 6 months or less, or other fixed term) is right, and the termination date meets the minimum period and, for a fixed term, falls on or after the end of the term where the ground requires it
- The notice is in writing, signed, identifies the premises and the termination date, states the ground, and includes the supporting documents the regulations require
- For a non-payment notice, the rent had been unpaid for at least 14 days when the notice was given
- The tenant has not been in continual possession for 20 years or more, unless the ground is breach or actual sale

## Authorities

- [Residential Tenancies Act 2010 (NSW) s 80 (definition of short fixed term agreement: 6 months or less), s 82 (contents, writing and signature of a termination notice)](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-2010-042)
- [Residential Tenancies Act 2010 (NSW) ss 84 to 87B (grounds; supporting documents; offence for a ground that is not genuine; tenancy exclusion periods; tenancies of 20 years or more)](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-2010-042)
- [Residential Tenancies Act 2010 (NSW) ss 87C to 87N (breach, actual sale, proposed sale, renovations, demolition, eligibility-based grounds, change of use, landlord or family to reside, employee and caretaker agreements)](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-2010-042)
- [Residential Tenancies Act 2010 (NSW) s 88 (non-payment termination notices: 14 days unpaid; payment or repayment plan)](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-2010-042)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/residential-tenancies/landlord-termination-notice-validity-checklist-nsw and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*