Can I use security deposit as last months rent if I am a month to month and the apartment will still be occupied?

Your simply vacating is not return of possession if your roommte remains in possession. If you are a signatory on the lease, then you are on the...

This defense fails. Just read the code. First, one condition required by the code is written noticer by the tenant to the landlord. Second, the...

A landlord may restrict subletting (which is what you are doing when you allow your boyfriend to live in your apartment), and he may limit the...

What are agreed upon or NECESSARY repairs?

Look at Civil Code §1941.1 for a guidline regarding the conditions for which the landlord is responsible. The requirements are pretty obvious:...

Selected as the best answer

Regards coutersue.

It is hard to figure out your fact situation from what you write here. You may make almost any claim you like in small claims court. And, yes, the...

Went to court in response to unlawful detainer, my demurr was thrown out have 5 days to answer, after I answer what happens next

The landlord will request trial. He cannot speed up the process, but trial will occur in about three to four weeks after he files his request for...

Tenant Complaint Dispute of Children Noises and Sounds.

You are not clear about the relationship of the "children" to you or the 85 year old upstairs neighbor. Nor do you state whether or not your...

The question is right to possession, now ownership. If you have the right to exclusve possession of your unit, then it is irrelevant who owns it....

Look to your rental agreement. If it specifically restricts the landlord from changing your access to parking, then the landlord may arbitrarily...

Can a trustee for a still old but living landlord give rental notice to move

Assuming the trustee has the legal authority to represent the landlord (which is likely), he has the authority to serve a notice of termination. ...