Am I required to pay a full months rent when I was served a 30 day notice to leave by the 15th?

Presumably the LL is trying to protect herself in case you don't move on the 15th. Since today is the 9th, you are probably already late for July,...

Licensed contractor paid 80% but shoddy work, asking for more money and pushing deadline further and further

You need to retain a lawyer ASAP to protect yourselves. I assume the above is only a part of the story. You have made some serious mistakes...

No. There is no law that compels a LL to clean the carpet for each new tenant. It is something you should negotiate with the LL before signing the...

It depends on whether you are the plaintiff or defendant. Plaintiff can serve written discovery as early as ten days after the defendant has been...

I'm renting a room in a house and the landlord refuses to turn on the air when it is in the 90's. What can I do?

Assuming your lease is silent as to the non-use of AC, you should advise the LL in writing that the home is uninhabitable without AC on and...

Can I be arrested for using my roommate's name to send funds through Western Union without his knowledge?

It depends on whether anyone was harmed as a result of your deception. If you simply used his name, rather than your own as the "sender", and no...

Inlaw who is a fire captain is getting full criminal history on me regularialy and has passed that info to other people.

If the fire captain is simply accessing public information about you and publishing it, there is no basis for a defamation suit. If he is using the...

If an attorney agrees to pay an expert witness for testifying at trial, and then refuses to pay, what are the options now?

This is a simple contract dispute. The expert is entitled to the compensation agreed to and earned. He/she should demand payment by date certain,...

IF THE LEASE AGREEMENT IS NOT SIGNED BY EITHER PARTY-DOES IT HOLD ANY VALUE IN CALIF. COURT ?

Contracts can be proven even without a writing. It is obviously more difficult to do so, and the judge will consider all sorts of evidence to...

LANDLORD WANTS TENANT TO VACATE BECAUSE THE IMPROVEMENTS MADE BY TENANT INCREASED VALUE 100X. CAN TENANT SEEK COMPENSATION?

You bet. You are entitled to compensation for the time and materials you supplied to repair and improve the property, if the value of same exceeds...