Ending tenancy due to domestic violence – Domestic Violence Termination Notice

If you're experiencing domestic abuse, you can end your tenancy immediately by giving the landlord a Domestic Violence Termination Notice (DVTN), along with evidence, and moving out. You can use our sample DVTN below or the government’s Domestic Violence Termination Notice by Tenant to Landlord or Agent (NSW government).

For more information see Factsheet 12: Domestic violence and renting and Domestic violence and renting: Supplementary Guide.

For the DVTN to be valid, you will need to attach one of these documents when you give it to the landlord/agent:

• a Declaration by a Competent Person – this is usually the most straightforward way to get a document to support a DVTN. The Declaration can be downloaded at: Making a competent person declaration for tenancies affected by domestic abuse (NSW government); or
• a Domestic Violence Order (DVO) – including a provisional, interim or final Apprehended Domestic Violence Order (ADVO) made in NSW (sometimes just called AVO), or an order made by a different state or territory or New Zealand, or a serious domestic abuse prevention order; or
• a certificate of conviction of the perpetrator for an offence arising from the domestic abuse of you or your child; or
• an injunction made by a family law court protecting you or your child from the domestic violence perpetrator.