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California tenants' rights
2010, Nolo, NOLO
in English
- 18th ed. [updated].
1413309364 9781413309362
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Table of Contents
Some general things you should know
Who is your landlord?
Renters' tax credit
Lawyers
Typing services
Legal research
Mediation
Looking for a place and renting it
Get organized
Learn about rental agreements
Fees and deposits
Rental applications and credit reports
How landlords must handle your credit information
How to check a place over
How to bargain for the best deal
Get all promises in writing
The landlord-tenant checklist
Your responsibilities as a tenant
Cosigning leases
Sharing a home
Is it legal to live together?
The legal obligations of roommates to the landlord
The legal obligations of roommates to each other
Having a friend move in
Guests
All about rent
When is rent due?
Late charges
Partial rent Payments 57 Rent Increases 57 Rent Increase Notices 58 Rent Control and Eviction?Protection 60 General Types of Rent control laws
Rent control board hearings
What to do if the landlord violates rent control rules
Rent control laws
Discrimination forbidden types of discrimination
Legal reasons to discriminate
How to tell if a landlord is discriminating
What to do about discrimination
Sexual harassment by landlords or managers
The obnoxious landlord and your right to privacy
Your landlord's right of entry
What to do about a landlord's improper entry
Other types of invasions of privacy
Major repairs & maintenance your basic right to livable premises
Your repair and maintenance responsibilities
Agreeing to be responsible for repairs
How to get action from your landlord : the light touch
What to do if the landlord won't make repairs
Minor repairs & maintenance
Minor repairs : what are they?
The landlord's responsibilities
Agreeing to do maintenance
Getting the landlord to make minor repairs
Making minor repairs yourself
Alterations & satellite dishes improvements that become part of the property
Improving your rental without enriching your landlord
Cable tv access
Satellite dishes and other antennas
Injuries on the premises
What to do if you're injured
Is the landlord liable?
If you're at fault, too
How much money you're etitled to
Environmental hazards asbestos
Lead
Radon
Carbon monoxide
Mold
Crime on the premises
The landlord's basic duty to keep you safe
Problems with other tenants
Illegal activity on the property and nearby
Getting results from the landlord
Protecting yourself
Breaking a lease, subleasing, and other leasing problems
What happens when the lease runs out
Subleases and assignments
Subleasing and returning later
How to break a lease
Belongings you leave behind
Security deposits and last month's rent
Amount of deposit
Nonrefundable deposits
What the deposits may be used for
Landlord's duty to return deposit
Effect of sale of premises on security deposits
May the landlord increase the security deposit?
Avoiding deposit problems
When the landlord won't return your deposit
Rent withholding as a way to get deposits back in advance
Interest on security deposits
Last month's rent
When your landlord demands more money
Evictions
Illegal self-help evictions
Illegal retaliatory evictions
Overview of eviction procedure
Tenancy termination notices
Your options after a three-day or 30-, 60-, or 90-day notice is served
The eviction lawsuit
Stopping an eviction
Postponing an eviction
Appeal from an eviction
After the lawsuit-eviction by the sheriff or marshal
Tenants acting together
Tenant organizing
Setting up a tenants' organization
Getting information on the landlord
Tactics
Negotiations
Collective bargaining agreement
Renter's insurance
Condominium conversion
Legal protection for tenants
Changing the law.
Edition Notes
Includes index.
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