If the management company is failing to enforce it own rules, you may have the basis for a lawsuit. This is especially true if the rules are...

I have been threatened with an OMI. I believe the landlord already lives on site, can I be evicted

I am a San Francisco tenants' attorney with 22 years experience. From the language you quoted, I imagine that you live in San Francisco. Yes, the...

Indigent party wants to suit a party. Will court fees be waived.

Whether to waive court filing fees should be based solely on the financial ability of the party asking for fees to be waived. However, some courts...

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I agree with Mr. Hwang. Also, if you use a Taser or deadly force, you don't think the police will show up? The use of physical force on another...

I'm a sex offender and there is an unlicensed daycare which just opened nearby. I signed a year lease. Will I be forced to move?

You need to speak with a criminal defense lawyer or the public defender immediately as to your obligations regarding being a registered sex...

My landlord died some guy is triyng collect rent money I dont know who he is didnt give him rent money know I got 30days

I take it that you are a month-to-month tenant. If you have lived there more than one year, the landlord--if he is the landlord--must give you at...

Can a misspelled last name of one roommate on an SF OMI 60 day notice render it void?

I am a San Francisco tenants' attorney. The misspelling may be enough to challenge the OMI notice. Regardless, you may have right about which you...

Landlord/slumlord serves 3 day notice to comply or quit WHAT TO DO??!! (5 minor children in home)

The landlord cannot legally evict you or lock you out at the end of the three days. If you are still there at the end of three day, all that the...

I received a non curable 3 day notice on Friday. How long do I have to get out? Thank you.

No. Before you can be evicted the landlord must file an eviction lawsuit (called an unlawful detainer or "UD." You must then be served with the...

If a lease ends mid-month, can the landlord increase rent in that month?

The landlord cannot raise the rent for any period before the end of the lease. He would have to pro rate the rent increase for April. Check with...