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Can a landlord request a background check on a tenant 2 1/2 years after the tenant signed a lease and occupied the apartment?
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Answered on August 07, 2014
The lease would have to give the landlord to do a new background check. I have not seen one that does, than when the tenant first applies to rent....
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I was evicted and there has been a judgment on my record. How can I completely vacate the civil judgment from my record?
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Answered on August 07, 2014
In the typical case your paid--called satisfied-- judgment is a permanent public record. To have the judgment vacated and the unlawful detainer...
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Is it harassment if my landlord sends me 4 notices (not for rent payment but other stuff) to quit in 2 weeks?
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Answered on August 06, 2014
If you live in a multi-unit dwelling located in Los Angeles that went into service before October 1979, the landlord can only evict you for cause....
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Unlawful detainer served without 3 day notice to quit
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Answered on August 03, 2014
When you bring to the landlord's attention through a demurrer that the 3-Day Notice and lease was not attached to the complaint, he can either file...
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Did my landlord lawfully increase my rent?
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Answered on August 01, 2014
I'm sorry to report that where there is no rent control laws, such as in Burbank, landlords may raise the rent to any amount the market can bear....
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Can i sue owners because i broke a bone on rental property
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Answered on July 22, 2014
Be sure to take night and day photographs of the dangerous condition of the trash area. In addition to poor lighting did trash on the ground or...
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Is a tenant liable for illegal use if the lease agreement permitted such use.
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Answered on June 28, 2014
It depends on what the illegal use was. If only a zoning or building violation, your defense should have been that the landlord had not offered you...
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Will the new owner still have to honor my lease?
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Answered on June 28, 2014
In a non-rent-controlled area like Rosemead, a landlord can legally evict you by giving you a 60-Day Notice to Vacate. In addition, the landlord...
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CAN I STRIKE "RETALIATION" FROM DEFENDANT'S ANSWER TO MY UNLAWFUL DETAINER EVICTION?
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Answered on June 28, 2014
A motion to stike will not succeed in eliminating defendant's affirmative defense of retaliation. What a competent plaintiff's lawyer should do is...
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California wrongful eviction/unlawful detainer advice?
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Answered on June 12, 2014
You are being set up for an eviction. Is this a rent-controlled apartment where you are paying less than the market rent?
Unless the lease...
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