Do I need to give 60 days notice on a lease agreement that I signed 3 years ago or can I legally give 30 days (Los Angeles)

Many leases attempt to change state law by requiring a sixty day notice. State law only requires a thirty day notice from a tenant regardless of...

What is the landlord or his insurance company responsible for after an fire which was a total loss , destroying all our stuff

The cause of the fire will answer this question. Your landlord had no insurable interest in your stuff and so could not have insured it if he...

As usual, it depends. Assuming your taking your tenant to court over unpaid rent, the underlying cause of action would be based upon a breach of...

That means you owe no money and/or that a writ of possession was issued and then returned as satisfied. Not sure what document you were looking at...

Is our lease agreement up if our landlord sold our apartment? Do we have sign a new lease with the new owners? can we refuse?

When a building is sold, the new owner of the building takes it subject to any previous lease, so no, you don't have to sign a new lease. You...

Your instinct in this area is correct. It will be difficult for your landlord to establish that your girlfriend has effectively moved in. The...

Security deposit made payable to the owner of the building not the management company (which he owns). Is this legal?

You really don't care what the landlord uses it for or where he puts in, be it in a bank or a mattress. This is money that has to be returned to...

What rights does a landlord have to evict a tennant who has no lease but agreed to leave but wont sign new agreement statiing so

An oral month to month agreement is proper and is also enforceable. A verbal request that the tenant leave is not. The written notice to leave,...

My family needs to evict my sister's boyfriend from our house.

All other things being equal, if he's paying rent, then given the length of his tenancy, a sixty day notice to terminate tenancy will be required. ...

I found the summons outside my bedroom door, folded up on the floor. No one knocked. Can I file a motion to Quash?

Proof of service on the 60 day notice is an issue to be resolved either through discovery or at trial. If the service took place while you were...

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