Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in California
I signed a ten month lease. When I handed in my final rent check.. I was informed that I would be responsible for an additional month because I hadn't turned in a thirty day intent to vacate form. Then they proceeded to add a late charge to the sum. I had never indicated that I would need the apartment longer than what I originally detailed in the lease.. so how can they insist I owe them. After all.. it was explained to me that a year lease would be less expensive.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Your lease probably says that at the end of the term it converts to a month-to-month rental unless one or the other party gives notice that the rental will not continue. If so, your lease converted into a "tenancy at will," which in California requires 30-days notice for either party to end it (60-days from the landlord if you have lived there over 12 mos.).
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