Legal Question in Real Estate Law in California
I've rented here for 30 years,always paid on time.What are my rights when it comes to eviction?
3 Answers from Attorneys
Eviction for what? With what kind of notice? Can you be more specific? There are books in a law library that are several inches thick regarding landlord tenant law. The attorneys in this forum need you to be a bit more specific than that.
The answer depends on what your lease says, why you are being evicted, whether you are in breach of any of the lease terms, whether you are in a rent control area and a substantial number of similar and related issues. More information is required to provide any useful answer.
Although the previous answers are correct, my guess is that you are wondering about what is called "just cause" eviction. The general law of California is that a landlord may evict at the end of a lease, or upon 30-days notice for a month-to-month rental if the tenant has been in the property less than a year; or 60-days notice if in the property more than a year, with no reason, excuse or just cause. Under the general law of California, however, local governments are allowed to enact rent control and other laws that may require "just cause" for an eviction, such as the obvious failure to pay rent on time, as well as other breached of the tenants' obligations as tenants. I know Lemon Grove has no rent control ordinance. Whether they have a just cause eviction ordinance, you will have to ask City Hall. If there is no such ordinance in effect, you can be evicted at the end of a lease or on 60-days notice for any reason or no reason, as long as it is not illegal discrimination, such as if you are black or a woman and they evict you for that reason. Unfortunately 30 years occupancy buys you only the same 60 days as one year.
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