Notice periods

A notice deadline is the last date by which you need to act under the recorded notice period. The later renewal date alone may not leave enough time to cancel or renegotiate.

Set up the underlying terms

For Contracts, Memberships and Leases, enter the renewal or end date and the notice period in days. Lapsewise derives a notice deadline from those values and schedules reminders for the open notice obligation.

Maintain the derived date by correcting the underlying date or notice period. Check the agreement's actual wording, including any special delivery requirements or break clause.

Example

An agreement renews on 1 June 2027 and requires 60 days' notice. The notice deadline is 2 April 2027. With the default 60, 30, 7 and 0-day reminder offsets, reminders against that notice deadline are scheduled for 1 February, 3 March, 26 March and 2 April 2027.

The record may also have an open renewal deadline. Runway, Timeline and Calendar can show both, while Table shows its next open date.

Use the review workflow

Move the Board card through Reviewing, Waiting and Approved as the team checks the terms and reaches a decision. When notice has actually been given, complete that particular obligation. When a renewal is confirmed, use Mark as renewed with the next date.

Lapsewise records and reminds you about dates. Giving notice, making payments and confirming a supplier's renewal remain actions you take with the other party.

When the terms are unclear

Check the source agreement or ask the responsible person before entering a rule. You can add a separate preparation deadline to give yourself time to investigate. Avoid treating a guessed notice period as a verified contractual date.

See Renewals and change history for automatic rules and retained cycles.

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