Legal Question in Real Estate Law in California

in california los angeles county i rented a two bedroom duplex i paid move in fee total 3 months rent, about 1 month later i learned that the lanlord was not the legal owner of the property that almost a year earlier the proprty was sold to a bank at a public aution, i was first given a verbal 30 day notice two weeks later i recieved a five day notice to vacate the next week i was served with a forced entry and detainer summons is there anything i can do i am a victim just as much as the bank and i just need some time to save up enough money to relocate being that the move in cost are very expensive


Asked on 4/19/10, 11:29 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Bryan Whipple Bryan R. R. Whipple, Attorney at Law

This sounds like rent skimming. Find the California Civil Code at a law library or on line, and look at Sections 890 through 893.

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Answered on 4/24/10, 3:50 pm


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