Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in California

I signed on to someone's lease. I was never shown a lease. i assumed i was signing on as a month to month, roomate goinging the lease they carried. It was my fault i didn't ask to see it. The leasing office said it was the tenants responsibility to share it with me. I believe the tenant thought the leasing office had shown it to me. The lease says that there is asbestos, lead paint and mold. The clause where asbestos is mentioned, states that the tenants are required to disclose or notify anyone who enters the premises that the apartment has asbestos in it. I was not notified until i asked for a copy of the lease now a month later. Did the existing tenant break their lease by not letting us know that there was asbestos on the property? Can that be enough for me to get out of the lease.


Asked on 9/27/10, 3:33 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
David Gibbs The Gibbs Law Firm, APC

How can you have signed a lease that you have never seen? If you did not sign a lease agreement, then you are not technically a party to that lease. You may be a month-to-month tenant, but probably nothing more than that. The asbestos issue is probably not going to get you out of this - you need to contact and review with an attorney what you signed, what you are potentially liable for, and how to get out. There are too many facts that need to be reviewed to do so in a forum such as this.

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Answered on 10/04/10, 3:48 pm


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