If you’re thinking about evicting a tenant in California, you’ll first need a reason that complies with the law. The most common reasons to evict a tenant include failure to pay rent, damage to the property, or a violation of the lease or rental agreement. In California, you may also evict a tenant if the
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A Landlord’s Guide on How to Evict a Tenant in California from an experienced Eviction Attorney Evicting a tenant under California law is a time-consuming, multi-step process. The only way to legally evict a tenant is by filing a lawsuit. California calls eviction lawsuits “Unlawful Detainer” actions, and you should expect the entire process to
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In the state of California, tenants and landlords have certain rights after signing a commercial lease or residential rental agreement; however the laws are very different. For instance, state law allows a tenant to assign a commercial lease to another party as long as both the landlord and tenant agree in writing. In some cases,
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If anyone tells you that the landlord and tenant laws in California are literally the same as they are in any other State that would not be true. California’s laws, rules and Unlawful Detainer Statutes were put into place in the year 1871 to avoid bloodshed because they uphold law and order, a discipline, and
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A handful of landlords share, their worst tenant stories: 1. Tenants lived upstairs for 3 months, didn’t pay the third month’s rent, called in (as me) to cut off my utilities, reported me to Children’s Protective Services for child abuse… moved out leaving 18 bags of garbage & reported me to the fire department for the
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