If I put a lock on my door, is the landlord legally entitled to a copy of the key for that lock?

Ordinarily a lease would state whether the tenant must give the landlord a key. Your situation is a little different. You are not a tenant but a...

Can my supervisor treat me with hostility while I am at work? Shoving my chair while I am at my desk and making rude comments?

No law prohibits rudeness or embarrassment in the work place. The laws against harassment and creating a hostile work environment only apply if the...

Can a discovery motion be filed in an ulawful detainer action?

Discovery is permitted in unlawful detainer actions. The statute requires responses within five days of service rather than 30.

As a tenant who does not want to breather cigarette smoke- what legal recourse do I have to prevent other tenants from smoking?

Although California law allows a landlord to prohibit smoking completely, nothing compels the landlord to do so. You should find a place where the...

3 day notice to pay or quit on commercial property contains months I have proof of payment (cancelled checks), is it valid?

When you answer the complaint, you would deny the allegations that everything stated in the notice is true and that you owe so much money....

Can landlord evict immediately from a Ventura, CA, vacation rental?

The owner would still have to give you a three-day notice to quit and then bring an unlawful-detainer action. As you have surmised, this...

In CA, if a response to a document request requires me to create a new document, do I have to do so? Any authority?

Parties to a lawsuit frequently ask for documents that they already have. They want to make sure that the other party will not claim to have...

Do I have any rights regarding this?

The chances of losing the house is not great. If the people who sued your aunt tried to sell it, the sheriff could sell only your aunt's interest...

Renter selling our property

Unless your lease requires you to provide furnished premises, demand back from the tenants anything of your property that is at the house. You can...

Section 473.5 generally applies when the defendant is lawfully served by publication or by substitute service but does not learn of the lawsuit...