Do I have to give my boyfriend 30 days notice to leave my house if he has been living here?

Full question:

I own my own home and my boyfriend has lived there about 20 months, If I ask him to leave does he have any legal rights to stay and do I have to give him thirty days notice? Is there anything I have to do other then to just tell him to go?

• Category: Landlord Tenant
• Date: 04/07/2025
• State: Arkansas

Answer:

I suggest calling the local building department or landlord/tenant association, as laws vary by local area. State law generally requires 30 days notice. The following are AR statutes:

18-16-106. Holding over after termination of term.

(a) If any tenant for life or years, or if any other person who may have come into possession of any lands and tenements under, or by, collusion with the tenant, shall willfully hold over after the termination of the term and thirty (30) days' previous notice in writing given, requiring the possession thereof by the person entitled thereto, the person so holding over shall pay to the person so kept out of possession double the yearly rent of the lands or tenements so detained for all the time he or she shall keep the person entitled thereto out of possession.

 

(b) There shall be no relief in equity against any recovery had at law under subsection (a) of this section

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18-16-107. Failure to quit after notice of intention.

(a) If any tenant shall give notice in writing of his or her intention to quit the premises held by him or her at a time specified in the notice and shall not deliver up the possession thereof at such time, the tenant, his or her executor or administrator, shall henceforth pay to the landlord, his or her heirs or assigns, double the rent reserved during all the time the tenant shall so continue in possession of the premises.

 

(b) The double rent may be recovered by a civil action in any court having jurisdiction thereof.