I am being evicted from my house by my landlord. The contract is a verbal agreement who evicted me via text. Is this legal?

The landlord may ask you to leave (which is different from being evicted) for any reason. That there is no written rental agreement does not affect...

My landlord want,s to evict me i pay rent can she do it if she doesn,t go to court

Like the summons says, if you don't file a PROPER response, your default will be taken and your tenancy lost. The Request for Fee Waiver must be...

Why would a lawyer give tenants a notice to vacate that was completely wrong? LAHD deemed it illegal.

DISCLOSURE: RANT FOLLOWS First, and fortunately, Rent Stabilization Ordinances are the exception versus the rule. Second, every day two sets of...

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Can a lanlord remodel if tenant is still in home and is refusing to leave

Thank Maria Schriver for that one. The court's have laid off 1/3 of their staff to make budget which, thanks to the former Governor's wife, must...

3 day notice but have not missed payments

The landlord is entitled to their rent on or before the first day of each month is the way most rental agreements read. When you don't pay on or...

Our neighbors, who live below us, smoke cigarettes and all the smoke comes into our apartment. What do I do to stop them?

1. There is no legal way for you to stop your neighbors from smoking. The non-smoking policy which your complex "seems" to have is the problem. ...

What are the legal rights of a renter with a verbal agreement. Can the owner kick out people who are visiting?

The fact that the rental agreement is verbal versus written only matters when it comes to the types of notices that can served and whether or not...

Is it lawful for a landlord to file a unlawful detainer eviction without serving you a 30 or 60 written notice first?

A three day notice to quit is served where a nuisance is present (code of civil procedure 1161(4)). The section says that if the tenant permits a...

A few months ago my landlord served me with a termination notice for my lease. She locked me out two days afterward.

Brad is right. This is wrong on so many levels. Service at an address by posting and mailing where the landlord first changed the keys to keep you...

Can I withhold my rent if my landlord has failed to repair the water heater?

The reader's digest version of the answer is no. But read on. Since a new installed water heater is usually less than a month's rent, you could...