Service Members Civil Relief Act

The purpose of the SCRA is to ease the legal and financial burden on the military personnel and their families brought on by the demands of the active duty military.

Some provisions that were enacted to protect the military member:

• Ability to terminate property leases. You can generally get out of or terminate any residential and business property leases that began before your active duty assignment.
• You can also terminate a lease you signed during active duty in the event of a change of duty station (PCS)
• If the service member is deployed for >90 days they must provide written notice to landlord in the event of lease termination. Verbal notice is not enough.