Louisiana: Rent Increase Notice Requirements

Louisiana's ordinary lease framework

Louisiana does not prescribe a general notice period, amount cap, frequency
limit, or mandatory form for an ordinary residential rent increase. Instead,
Civil Code art. 2668 makes the parties' consent to the rent essential to the
lease, and art. 2676 says the rent must be a certain sum or determinable by a
method the parties agreed to.

Article 2676 also addresses a rent that the lease makes subject to later
redetermination. If the agreed method or designated third person stops working,
the court may fix the rent or supply a similar method consistent with the
parties' intent. Article 1983 separately provides that contracts have the
effect of law for the parties and must be performed in good faith.

What trips people up

The Civil Code's short notice periods are termination rules, not rent-change
rules. Article 2727 says an indeterminate lease terminates by notice, and
art. 2728 requires ten calendar days before the end of a month for a
month-to-month termination. It uses 30 days for a period longer than a month,
five days for a period from one week to less than a month, and notice before
expiration for a period shorter than a week. None of those periods states that
a landlord can impose a higher rent while continuing the existing lease.

For a fixed lease, read the rent and redetermination clauses. Articles 1983
and 2676 make the agreement—not a general statutory rent-increase
procedure—the starting point. A proposed renewal rent is different from a
change before the current term ends, and local rules may add requirements not
covered by this state-law survey.

Common questions

Does Louisiana require ten days' notice of a rent increase?

No general state statute says so. The ten-day period in art. 2728(2) is for
terminating a month-to-month lease at the end of the month.

Can the landlord choose any new rent during a fixed lease?

The Civil Code does not supply a general unilateral increase procedure.
Article 2676 requires the rent and any redetermination method to be agreed,
while art. 1983 makes the contract binding on the parties.

Does Louisiana cap how often or how much rent may rise?

Louisiana's general lease provisions state no statewide amount cap or frequency
limit for an ordinary residential tenancy. The lease and any applicable local
law must be checked separately.

Statutes and sources

• La. Civ. Code art. 2668. Lease definition and the parties' essential
  consent to the rent. Official code
  (accessed July 12, 2026).
• La. Civ. Code art. 2676. Agreed rent and agreed redetermination methods.
  Official code
  (accessed July 12, 2026).
• La. Civ. Code art. 1983. Contracts bind the parties and must be performed
  in good faith. Official code
  (accessed July 12, 2026).
• La. Civ. Code art. 2727. Notice terminates an indeterminate lease.
  Official code
  (accessed July 12, 2026).
• La. Civ. Code art. 2728. Timing for that termination notice, including
  the ten-day month-to-month period.
  Official code
  (accessed July 12, 2026).