The Predicate Notice
In most cases, before the landlord takes the tenant to court a predicate notice has to be served in the tenant. A predicate notice may be a notice to cure a violation of a provision of the lease, a notice to quit, a notice of termination of the lease, or in the case a notice of intent not to release the lease.
Generally, a notice to quit gives the tenant 30 days notice to vacate the premises. However, in some cases a 10-day notice to quit is sufficient.
After the predicate notice or notices are served, the landlord may commence the holderover proceeding if the tenant remains in the premises