Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in California

My landlord informed me he is planning to sell the dwelling in which I live and I will have to vacate sometime after he receives an offer, I have lived in this dwelling over 1 year. How much notice does he have to provide?


Asked on 5/05/15, 7:29 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Gerald Dorfman Dorfman Law Office

Assuming you do not have an unexpired lease, and are not in government sponsored subsidized housing: A landlord can end a periodic tenancy (for example, a month-to-month tenancy) by giving the tenant proper advance written notice. Your landlord must give you 60 days advance written notice that the tenancy will end if you and every other tenant or resident have lived in the rental unit for a year or more. However, the landlord must give you 30 days advance written notice in either of the following situations:

Any tenant or resident has lived in the rental unit less than one year; or

The landlord has contracted to sell the rental unit to another person who intends to occupy it for at least a year after the tenancy ends. In addition, all of the following must be true in order for the selling landlord to give you a 30-day notice

The landlord must have opened escrow with a licensed escrow agent or real estate broker, and

The landlord must have given you the 30-day notice no later than 120 days after opening the escrow, and

The landlord must not previously have given you a 30-day or 60-day notice, and

The rental unit must be one that can be sold separately from any other dwelling unit. (For example, a house or a condominium can be sold separately from another dwelling unit.)

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Answered on 5/06/15, 8:40 am


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