Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in California

Re: moving on a 3 day pay or quit

Yes, unfortunately moving out before the end of your lease is technically a violation of your lease, even though it was on their notice to do so (not paying the rent was also a violation of the lease). As such, you have now terminated your lease early without the landlord's permission. Accordingly, the landlord can legally charge you for the following items: (1) charge against your deposit for any damage to the unit that exceeds normal wear & tear, (2) charge you for any costs of reletting the apartment (advertising, commissions, etc...), (3) for rent from the date that you vacated the property until it can be relet - the landlord does have an affirmative duty to attempt to relet the apartment and cannot simply let it sit empty, and possibly (4) the difference in rent between what you would have paid through the end of your lease, and what the landlord actually gets from a new tenant during that time, if they had to reduce the rent to relet the property. Good luck.

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