Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in California

is it legal for landlord to request last months rent in addition to security deposit in riverside california we paid a security deposit and a last mnths rent and a key deposit the total was not egual to 2 months rent it was a little less not much


Asked on 10/20/09, 3:37 pm

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David Gibbs The Gibbs Law Firm, APC

So long as the total does not exceed two month's rent, then the landlord has not violated the law.

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Answered on 10/20/09, 4:18 pm


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