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If a tenant with a lease is evicted for breach can their deposit be used to satisfy remainder of lease?
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Answered on July 26, 2016
Civil Code Section 1950.5 is the statute that generally governs security deposits for California residential leases. It lists the uses to which you...
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Arrest possession and apartment leasing
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Answered on July 26, 2016
Congratulations!
Depending on the language of your lease, it may not be necessary to formally add your wife as a co-tenant in order to have her...
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Legal possibility to make one of the tenants leave the apartment
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Answered on July 25, 2016
My sympathies.
Since you are all co-tenants, you don't have the right to evict her. However, the offending roommate refuses to mediate the...
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How can I get a guest who's been staying in my apartment to leave.
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Answered on July 25, 2016
If he is a non-paying guest, he is considered to be a "licensee," rather than a tenant, and his right to occupancy can be terminated immediately...
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Do I have a case against my harassing ex-landlord, who I filed a restraining order against and where do I find a lawyer?
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Answered on July 25, 2016
What you have described would give you significant claims against your former landlord, including for constructive eviction, sexual harassment...
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Renting a guest house, found out my landlord in the main house does not own the property and are renters too, is lease valid?
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Answered on July 25, 2016
Whether the landlord is the owner or not, the landlord has duties under the implied warranty of habitability, and applicable law (including Civil...
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can a landlord change a rent contract and shut off the air conditioning ?
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Answered on July 25, 2016
I am unaware of any California statute requiring the landlord to provide a/c, and it is not listed as a required item in Civil Code Sections...
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I sign a lease agreement but just notice my landlord check box B for lease but never put termination date on lease
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Answered on July 25, 2016
If your tenancy is not subject to rent control/eviction control, and you are on a month-to-month tenancy, the owner would normally have the right...
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Can my new landlord ask for the full rent even though he became the new landlord for the last two weeks of the month?
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Answered on July 25, 2016
Unless the old landlord assigned the new landlord the right to collect accrued rent (you can ask the new landlord for proof of any such...
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If I haven't signed a lease yet, am I liable for any payment?
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Answered on July 25, 2016
From your description, it sounds like the landlord did not definitely commit to rent you the space, and that all parties contemplated that any...
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