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Find guidance on the requirements for serving section 21 notices and when they cannot be used.
For most landlords, serving a section 21 notice will be the most common way for them to start to end a tenancy. This route to possession is simpler than serving a section 8 notice as it does not require them to attend a court hearing or give a reason why they wish to receive possession.
Instead, as long as the landlord has given the correct length of notice, met all the requirements for service and used the correct form, the courts will provide a possession order.
There are a number of legal requirements that must be met for a valid notice to be served. These are:
Once a notice has been served, it only remains valid for six months from the date of service.