Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in California

Re: Renter's Rights

Follow Mr. Gibbs' advice.

Re: Renter's Rights

Did you notify the management company that you had left the property, and left the keys on the counter? If not, how are they to know that you left when you said you would. It is up to you to "deliver possession", and my guess is that a judge looking at this situation will find in favor of the management company if you did not notify them you had left, and that the keys were on the counter. The management company has no obligation to go to the apartment on the day you said you would leave, without notice from you, to see if you have left. Traditionally, delivering possession means you take the keys to the management company and advise them you are turning the apartment back to them. I don't know what the point of doing this was, but it could very well cost you several days rent.

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