The legal information and forms every California landlord needs
Choosing tenants, raising the rent, returning deposits, and maintaining rental property—these are just a few of the things landlords do that are strictly regulated by California law. To avoid problems and hefty legal fees, property owners and managers need to know and comply with federal, state, and local rules, and use the proper legal forms. Fortunately, everything you need is in this book.
Rent control and eviction protections are now a matter of state law, and even small municipalities are enacting their own ordinances that affect rent, terminations, and notices. This book contains a unique rent control chart that explains key provisions and gives information on how to learn more. No California landlord can afford to do business without checking for local ordinances and following them.
With The California Landlord’s Law Book: Rights & Responsibilities you’ll learn how to:
- screen prospective tenants—without discriminating illegally
- prepare (and enforce) leases and rental agreements
- apply the state-wide rent control and eviction protection law if it applies to you
- collect and return security deposits
- raise the rent and change other terms of the tenancy
- hire, work with, and fire property managers
- keep up with repairs and maintenance
- restrict subletting and short-term rentals
- act promptly when rent is late, and
- terminate a tenancy.
With Downloadable forms : Download and customize more than 40 essential legal forms, including a lease and rental agreement (in both English and Spanish), tailored to meet California law— details inside.
Daftar Isi
1. Renting Your Property: How to Choose Tenants and Avoid Legal Pitfalls 2. Understanding Leases and Rental Agreements 3. Basic Rent Rules 4. Rent Control 5. Security Deposits 6. Property Managers 7. Getting the Tenant Moved In 8. Lawyers, Legal Research, Eviction Services, and Mediation 9. Discrimination 10. Cotenants, Subtenants, and Guests 11. The Landlord’s Duty to Repair and Maintain the Property 12. The Landlord’s Liability for Dangerous Conditions, Criminal Acts, and Environmental Health Hazards 13. The Landlord’s Right of Entry and Tenant’s Privacy 14. Raising Rents and Changing Other Terms of Tenancy 15. Retaliatory Rent Increases and Evictions 16. The Three-Day Notice to Pay Rent or Quit 17. Self-Help Evictions, Utility Terminations, and Taking Tenants’ Property 18. Terminating Tenancies 19. When a Tenant Leaves: Month-to-Month Tenancies, Fixed-Term Leases, Abandonment, and Death of a Tenant 20. Returning Security Deposits 21. Property Abandoned by a Tenant Appendixes A Rent Control Chart B How to Use the Interactive Forms on the Nolo Website Index
Tentang Penulis
Nolo’s Executive Editor, Janet Portman oversees editorial work on all Nolo books, articles, and websites. She specializes in residential and commercial landlord/tenant law, legal issues related to courts, and criminal law. She is the author or a coauthor of Every Landlord’s Legal Guide, Every Landlord’s Guide to Finding Great Tenants, First-Time Landlord: Your Guide to Renting Out a Single-Family Home, Every Tenant’s Legal Guide, Renters’ Rights, Leases & Rental Agreements, The California Landlord’s Law Book: Rights and Responsibilities, and California Tenants’ Rights. Portman received undergraduate and graduate degrees from Stanford University and a law degree from Santa Clara University School of Law. Before joining Nolo in 1994, she practiced law as a public defender.
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