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Landlord Entry Notice by State

How much warning your landlord owes you before coming in, and the hours they are allowed to. For each state, with the allowed entry hours and the exact statute.

6 of 50 states published. The answer is not always a number: some states set a fixed notice period, some require only reasonable notice, and 4 of the states here have no entry statute at all, which we show honestly.Reviewed by PlainStatute Editorial · latest state review July 2026

Read this first — sometimes there is no state rule

The common answer people expect is 24 hours, and many states do set that as a fixed notice period (Florida, for one, requires 24 hours before entering to make repairs). But the picture across states is uneven. Some require only "reasonable" notice with a figure a court treats as reasonable (California presumes 24 hours rather than fixing it in the statute), and several states have no statute at all on landlord entry.

In those silent states your lease is the rule, and a city or county ordinance may add one on top (Chicago, for example, requires 48 hours even though Illinois has no statewide rule). We do not paper over that with a made-up number: a silent state says so plainly, and points you to what actually governs. Every landlord, everywhere, can still enter without notice in a genuine emergency.

Pick your state

The notice, the allowed hours, and the statute on each card.

C

CA
California
24 hours notice
Reasonable
Allowed hoursNormal business hours
Statute§1954

F

FL
Florida
24 hours notice
Set notice
Allowed hours7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Statute§83.53

I

IL
IllinoisDraft
No state notice law
No statute
Allowed hoursSet by lease or local ordinance
StatuteNone

N

NY
New York
No state notice law
No statute
Allowed hoursReasonable times set by the lease. In New York City, HPD guidance limits code-required access to reasonable hours and does not require weekend or holiday access unless the tenant agrees.
StatuteNone

P

PA
PennsylvaniaDraft
No state notice law
No statute
Allowed hoursSet by your lease (reasonable times)
StatuteNone

T

TX
Texas
No state notice law
No statute
Allowed hoursSet by your lease
StatuteNone

What these pages are — and aren't

Each state page is a reference for the notice a landlord owes, the allowed hours, and the neutral steps to take after an unannounced entry. They are deliberately not advice for your specific lease: your written lease and any local ordinance can change the answer, so each page links to the statute and a tenant-rights resource. This is legal information, not legal advice.