Legal Question in Business Law in California

After considering several alternatives to advise you to try, I think maybe your first plan of attack is to have a meeting with the landlord or manager who is authoring and signing the notices. Befpre going to the meeting, re-read the notices to be sure they are inconsistent as you believe and cannot be read to be consistent with each other. Take a negotiating posture in the meeting, show the landlord copies of the notices, explain your understanding, and ask for his. Also take to the meeting your deposit and payment records. Take notes of what he says.

If this doesn't work, either talk to an attorney or ignore him and wait for the small claims suit. Unless he's right, of course.

Sounds like the landlord wanted to scare you into paying past due rent with an eviction notice and you actually moved out which was not his goal. You will have to review your lease (preferably with an attorney) to be clear as to what you are responsible for. Be careful when reviewing online information regarding terminating a tenancy because most info applies to residential and not commercial leases. The rule for commercial leases is importantly different in many areas, including termination.

If you would like to speak with an attorney regarding this, feel free to contact my office.

Regards,

Bryan Becker

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www.becker-attorney.com

I agree with the previous answers. If you would like to arrange a consultation in my Oakland office to review your documentation, please give me a call or send an email.

Please see my blog entitled "Commercial Lessors", linked below, for possible application to your circumstances.

http://bealbusinesslaw.blogspot.com/