California

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• § 1940.3 — (a) A public entity shall not, by ordinance, regulation, policy, or administrative action implementing any ordinance, regulation, policy, or administrative action, compel a landlord or any agent of th
• § 1940.35 — (a) It is unlawful for a landlord to disclose to any immigration authority, law enforcement agency, or local, state, or federal agency information regarding or relating to the immigration or citizensh
• § 1940.4 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), a landlord shall not prohibit a tenant from posting or displaying political signs relating to any of the following: (1) An election or legislative vote, incl
• § 1940.41 — (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Personal micromobility device” means a device with both of the following characteristics: (A) It is powered by the physical exertion of the rider or an electric
• § 1940.45 — (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a property owner shall not enforce or adopt a restrictive covenant or any other restriction that prohibits one or more religious items from being disp
• § 1940.5 — An owner or an owner’s agent shall not refuse to rent a dwelling unit in a structure which received its valid certificate of occupancy after January 1, 1973, to an otherwise qualified prospective tena
• § 1940.6 — (a) The owner of a residential dwelling unit or the owner’s agent who applies to any public agency for a permit to demolish that residential dwelling unit shall give written notice of that fact to: (1
• § 1940.7 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the December 10, 1983, tragedy in Tierra Santa, in which lives were lost as a result of a live munition exploding in a residential area that was formerly a
• § 1940.8 — A landlord of a residential dwelling unit shall provide each new tenant that occupies the unit with a copy of the notice provided by a registered structural pest control company pursuant to Section 85
• § 1940.8.5 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Adjacent dwelling unit” means a dwelling unit that is directly beside, above, or below a particular dwelling uni
• § 1940.9 — (a) If the landlord does not provide separate gas and electric meters for each tenant’s dwelling unit so that each tenant’s meter measures only the electric or gas service to that tenant’s dwelling un
• § 1941 — Landlord duty to maintain habitable premises
• § 1941.1 — (a) A dwelling shall be deemed untenantable for purposes of Section 1941 if it substantially lacks any of the following affirmative standard characteristics or is a residential unit described in Secti
• § 1941.2 — (a) No duty on the part of the landlord to repair a dilapidation shall arise under Section 1941 or 1942 if the tenant is in substantial violation of any of the following affirmative obligations, provi
• § 1941.3 — (a) On and after July 1, 1998, the landlord, or his or her agent, of a building intended for human habitation shall do all of the following: (1) Install and maintain an operable dead bolt lock on each
• § 1941.4 — The lessor of a building intended for the residential occupation of human beings shall be responsible for installing at least one usable telephone jack and for placing and maintaining the inside telep
• § 1941.5 — (a) This section shall apply if a person is alleged to have committed abuse or violence against the eligible tenant or the immediate family or household member of the eligible tenant and the person is
• § 1941.6 — (a) This section shall apply if a person who is restrained from contact with a protected tenant under a court order is a tenant of the same dwelling unit as the protected tenant.
• § 1941.7 — (a) An obligation shall not arise under Section 1941 or 1942 to repair a dilapidation relating to the presence of mold pursuant to paragraph (13) of subdivision (a) of Section 17920.
• § 1941.8 — (a) Subject to subdivision (e), for any structure intended for human habitation, it shall be the duty of a landlord to undertake one or both of the following actions as may be necessary to remediate a
• § 1941.9 — (a) (1) When the hiring of residential real property is terminated pursuant to paragraph (2) of Section 1932 or paragraph (4) of Section 1933, the landlord shall return to the tenant any advance renta
• § 1942 — (a) If within a reasonable time after written or oral notice to the landlord or his agent, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1962, of dilapidations rendering the premises untenantable which the
• § 1942.1 — Any agreement by a lessee of a dwelling waiving or modifying his rights under Section 1941 or 1942 shall be void as contrary to public policy with respect to any condition which renders the premises u
• § 1942.2 — A tenant who has made a payment to a utility pursuant to Section 777, 777.
• § 1942.3 — (a) In any unlawful detainer action by the landlord to recover possession from a tenant, a rebuttable presumption affecting the burden of producing evidence that the landlord has breached the habitabi
• § 1942.4 — (a) A landlord of a dwelling may not demand rent, collect rent, issue a notice of a rent increase, or issue a three-day notice to pay rent or quit pursuant to subdivision (2) of Section 1161 of the Co
• § 1942.5 — (a) If the lessor retaliates against the lessee because of the exercise by the lessee of the lessee’s rights under this chapter or because of the lessee’s complaint to an appropriate agency as to tena
• § 1942.6 — Any person entering onto residential real property, upon the invitation of an occupant, during reasonable hours or because of emergency circumstances, for the purpose of providing information regardin
• § 1942.7 — (a) A person or corporation that occupies, owns, manages, or provides services in connection with any real property, including the individual’s or corporation’s agents or successors in interest, and t
• § 1942.8 — (a) For any residential tenancy commenced, renewed, or continuing on a month-to-month or other periodic basis, on or after January 1, 2026, a landlord or their agent shall allow the tenant to opt out
• § 1942.9 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a landlord shall not, with respect to a tenant who has COVID-19 rental debt, as that term is defined in Section 1179.
• § 1943 — A hiring of real property, other than lodgings and dwelling-houses, in places where there is no custom or usage on the subject, is presumed to be a month to month tenancy unless otherwise designated i
• § 1944 — A hiring of lodgings or a dwelling house for an unspecified term is presumed to have been made for such length of time as the parties adopt for the estimation of the rent.
• § 1945 — If a lessee of real property remains in possession thereof after the expiration of the hiring, and the lessor accepts rent from him, the parties are presumed to have renewed the hiring on the same ter
• § 1945.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any term of a lease executed after the effective date of this section for the hiring of residential real property which provides for the automatic renewal o
• § 1946 — (a) A hiring of real property, for a term not specified by the parties, is deemed to be renewed as stated in Section 1945, at the end of the term implied by law unless one of the parties gives written
• § 1946.1 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 1946, a hiring of residential real property or commercial real property by a qualified commercial tenant for a term not specified by the parties, is deemed to be renewed as
• § 1946.2 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, after a tenant has continuously and lawfully occupied a residential real property for 12 months, the owner of the residential real property shall not terminate a ten
• § 1946.3 — (a) This section is known, and may be cited, as the Social Security Tenant Protection Act of 2025.
• § 1946.5 — (a) The hiring of a room by a lodger on a periodic basis within a dwelling unit occupied by the owner may be terminated by either party giving written notice to the other of his or her intention to te
• § 1946.7 — (a) A tenant may notify the landlord that the tenant intends to terminate the tenancy if the tenant, a household member, or an immediate family member was the victim of an act that constitutes any of
• § 1946.8 — (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Individual in an emergency” means a person who believes that immediate action is required to prevent or mitigate the loss or impairment of life, health, or prope
• § 1946.9 — (a) For the purposes of tenant screening, a landlord or a landlord’s agent shall not make an adverse action based on any of the following: (1) An allegation that the prospective tenant breached a leas
• § 1947 — When there is no usage or contract to the contrary, rents are payable at the termination of the holding, when it does not exceed one year.
• § 1947.1 — (a) If an owner of a qualifying residential property provides parking with the qualifying residential property, they shall unbundle parking from the price of rent.
• § 1947.10 — (a) After July 1, 1990, in any city, county, or city and county which administers a system of controls on the price at which residential rental units may be offered for rent or lease and which require
• § 1947.11 — (a) In any city, county, or city and county which administers a system of controls on the price at which residential rental units may be offered for rent or lease and which requires the registration o
• § 1947.12 — (a) (1) Subject to subdivision (b), an owner of residential real property shall not, over the course of any 12-month period, increase the gross rental rate for a dwelling or a unit more than 5 percent
• § 1947.13 — (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 1947.
• § 1947.15 — (a) The Legislature declares the purpose of this section is to: (1) Ensure that owners of residential rental units that are subject to a system of controls on the price at which the units may be offer
• § 1947.3 — (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a landlord or a landlord’s agent shall allow a tenant to pay rent and deposit of security by at least one form of payment that is neither cash nor electron
• § 1947.5 — (a) A landlord of a residential dwelling unit, as defined in Section 1940, or his or her agent, may prohibit the smoking of a cigarette, as defined in Section 104556 of the Health and Safety Code, or
• § 1947.6 — (a) For any lease executed, extended, or renewed on and after July 1, 2015, a lessor of a dwelling shall approve a written request of a lessee to install an electric vehicle charging station at a park
• § 1947.7 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the operation of local rent stabilization programs can be complex and that disputes often arise with regard to standards of compliance with the regulatory p
• § 1947.8 — (a) If an ordinance or charter controls or establishes a system of controls on the price at which residential rental units may be offered for rent or lease and requires the registration of rents, the
• § 1947.9 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding any local law to the contrary, for those units governed by the local rent stabilization ordinance in the City and County of San Francisco, levels of compensation for the tempor
• § 1948 — The attornment of a tenant to a stranger is void, unless it is made with the consent of the landlord, or in consequence of a judgment of a Court of competent jurisdiction.
• § 1949 — Every tenant who receives notice of any proceeding to recover the real property occupied by him or her, or the possession of the real property, shall immediately inform his or her landlord of the proc
• § 1950 — One who hires part of a room for a dwelling is entitled to the whole of the room, notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary; and if a landlord lets a room as a dwelling for more than one family, t
• § 1950.1 — (a) A reusable tenant screening report shall include all of the following information regarding an applicant: (1) Name.
• § 1950.5 — (a) This section applies to security for a rental agreement for residential property that is used as the dwelling of the tenant.
• § 1950.6 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 1950.
• § 1950.7 — (a) Any payment or deposit of money the primary function of which is to secure the performance of a rental agreement for other than residential property or any part of the agreement, other than a paym
• § 1950.8 — (a) This section applies only to commercial leases and nonresidential tenancies of real property.
• § 1950.9 — (a) A landlord of a commercial real property shall not charge a qualified commercial tenant a fee to recover building operating costs unless all of the following apply: (1) The building operating cost
• § 1951 — As used in Sections 1951.
• § 1951.2 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 1951.
• § 1951.3 — (a) This section applies to real property other than commercial real property, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 1954.
• § 1951.35 — (a) This section applies only to commercial real property, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 1954.
• § 1951.4 — (a) The remedy described in this section is available only if the lease provides for this remedy.
• § 1951.5 — Section 1671, relating to liquidated damages, applies to a lease of real property.
• § 1951.7 — (a) As used in this section, “advance payment” means moneys paid to the lessor of real property as prepayment of rent, or as a deposit to secure faithful performance of the terms of the lease, or anot
• § 1951.8 — Nothing in Section 1951.
• § 1952 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), nothing in Sections 1951 to 1951.
• § 1952.2 — Sections 1951 to 1952, inclusive, do not apply to: (a) Any lease executed before July 1, 1971.
• § 1952.3 — (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), if the lessor brings an unlawful detainer proceeding and possession of the property is no longer in issue because possession of the property has bee
• § 1952.4 — An agreement for the exploration for or the removal of natural resources is not a lease of real property within the meaning of Sections 1951 to 1952.
• § 1952.6 — (a) Sections 1951 to 1952.
• § 1952.7 — (a) (1) Any term in a lease that is executed, renewed, or extended on or after January 1, 2015, that conveys any possessory interest in commercial property that either prohibits or unreasonably restri
• § 1952.8 — On and after the effective date of this section, no owner of a gasoline service station shall enter into a lease with any person for the leasing of the station for the purpose of operating a gasoline
• § 1953 — (a) Any provision of a lease or rental agreement of a dwelling by which the lessee agrees to modify or waive any of the following rights shall be void as contrary to public policy: (1) His rights or r
• § 1954 — (a) A landlord may enter the dwelling unit only in the following cases: (1) In case of emergency.
• § 1954.05 — In any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, as defined in Section 493.
• § 1954.06 — (a) As specified in subdivision (b), and except as provided in subdivision (j), beginning July 1, 2021, any landlord of an assisted housing development shall offer the tenant or tenants obligated on t
• § 1954.07 — (a) As specified in subdivision (b), and except as provided in subdivision (j), any landlord of a dwelling unit of residential real property shall offer any tenant obligated on the lease the option of
• § 1954.071 — (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Disaster” means an event or circumstance that results in a federal major disaster declaration approved by the President of the United States or a state of emerge
• § 1954.08 — For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Harm-reduction” means a set of strategies, policies, and practices aimed at mitigating the negative social and physical conseque
• § 1954.09 — (a) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 1954.
• § 1954.091 — (a) Section 310.
• § 1954.092 — (a) A motel or hotel shall not be designated as a nontransient motel or a nontransient hotel pursuant to Section 310.
• § 1954.10 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Transitional Housing Participant Misconduct Act.
• § 1954.11 — In enacting this chapter, it is the intent of the Legislature to prevent the recurrence of acts of substantial disruption or violence by participants in transitional housing programs against other suc
• § 1954.12 — The following definitions shall govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “Abuse” means intentionally or recklessly causing or attempting to cause bodily injury, or sexual assault or placing anothe
• § 1954.13 — (a) The program operator may seek, on its own behalf or on behalf of other participants, project employees, or persons residing within 100 feet of the program site, a temporary restraining order and a
• § 1954.14 — (a) The clerk shall transmit a copy of each temporary restraining order or injunction or modification or termination thereof, granted under this chapter, by the close of the business day on which the
• § 1954.15 — If a participant has violated an order issued under Section 1954.
• § 1954.16 — The Judicial Council shall promulgate forms and related instructions to implement the procedures required by this chapter.
• § 1954.17 — If, after hearing pursuant to this chapter, an order excluding the participant from the program site is issued, the program operator may, without further notice, take possession of the participant’s d
• § 1954.18 — If the program operator takes possession of the property, pursuant to this article, the program operator shall give the subject participant a reasonable opportunity to remove the participant’s propert
• § 1954.201 — It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to do both of the following: (a) To encourage the conservation of water in multifamily residential rental buildings through means either wi
• § 1954.202 — For the purposes of this chapter: (a) “Billing agent” means a person or entity who contracts to provide submetering services to a landlord, including billing.
• § 1954.203 — (a) Submeters used to separately bill tenants for water service shall satisfy each of the following requirements: (1) The submeter shall be inspected, tested, and verified for commercial purposes purs
• § 1954.204 — Before executing a rental agreement, a landlord who intends to charge a tenant separately from rent for water service in a property with submeters shall clearly disclose the following information to t
• § 1954.205 — (a) As part of the regular bill for water service, a landlord shall only bill a tenant for the following water service: (1) A charge for volumetric usage, which may be calculated in any the following
• § 1954.206 — (a) Submeters shall be read within three days of the same point in each billing cycle.
• § 1954.207 — (a) At the beginning of a tenancy, a submeter shall be read after the tenant takes possession.
• § 1954.208 — Unless it can be documented that a penalty is primarily the result of a tenant’s or tenants’ failure to comply with state or local water use regulations or restrictions, or both, regarding wasting of
• § 1954.209 — The landlord shall maintain and make available in writing, at the tenant’s written or electronic request, within seven days after the request, the following: (a) The date the submeter was last inspect
• § 1954.210 — (a) If a tenant notifies the landlord of, or the landlord otherwise becomes aware of, a leak, a drip, a water fixture that does not shut off property, including, but not limited to, a toilet, a proble
• § 1954.211 — The landlord may enter a dwelling unit as follows: (a) For the purpose of installing, repairing, or replacing a submeter, or for the purpose of investigating or rectifying a condition causing constant
• § 1954.212 — (a) If a monthly submeter reading necessary to measure volumetric usage is unavailable, and the tenant has provided access to the submeter, the tenant may be charged 75 percent of the average amount b
• § 1954.213 — (a) A tenant may be charged a late fee for any water service bill not paid 25 days after mailing or other transmittal of the bill.
• § 1954.214 — This chapter does not preclude or preempt an ordinance or regulation adopted prior to January 1, 2013, that regulates the approval of submeter types or the installation, maintenance, reading, billing,
• § 1954.215 — The rights or obligations established under this chapter shall not be waived.
• § 1954.216 — (a) This chapter applies to the following: (1) All dwelling units offered for rent or rented in a building where submeters were required to be installed pursuant to a building standard adopted in acco
• § 1954.217 — A submetering system that measures only a portion of a dwelling unit’s water usage, including, but not limited to, a system that measures only hot water usage, shall not be subject to this chapter if
• § 1954.218 — This chapter shall become operative on January 1, 2018.
• § 1954.219 — Any property that is required to install individual submeters pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 537) of Chapter 8 of Division 1 of the Water Code shall at all times be required to bill re
• § 1954.25 — The Legislature finds that the price charged for commercial real property is a matter of statewide concern.
• § 1954.26 — As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Owner” includes any person, acting as principal or through an agent, having the right to offer commercial real property f
• § 1954.27 — (a) No public entity shall enact any measure constituting commercial rental control, nor shall any public entity enforce any commercial rental control, whether enacted prior to or on or after January
• § 1954.28 — Nothing in this chapter limits or affects public entities with respect to any of the following: (a) The Eminent Domain Law, Title 7 (commencing with Section 1230.
• § 1954.29 — Nothing in this chapter shall, with respect to a public entity: (a) Grant, enlarge, or diminish any power (1) which it may possess under the provisions of, and for the purposes of, Division 1 (commenc
• § 1954.30 — Nothing in this chapter grants or augments any authority of a public entity which it does not possess independent of this chapter, nor diminish any power of a public entity except as expressly provide
• § 1954.31 — A public entity may by enactment of a statute, charter or charter amendment, or ordinance, establish a requirement for notice relating to the termination of a lease of commercial real property due to
• § 1954.50 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act.
• § 1954.51 — As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Comparable units” means rental units that have approximately the same living space, have the same number of bedrooms, are
• § 1954.52 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an owner of residential real property may establish the initial and all subsequent rental rates for a dwelling or a unit about which any of the followin
• § 1954.53 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an owner of residential real property may establish the initial rental rate for a dwelling or unit, except where any of the following applies: (1) The p
• § 1954.535 — Where an owner terminates or fails to renew a contract or recorded agreement with a governmental agency that provides for rent limitations to a qualified tenant, the tenant or tenants who were the ben
• § 1954.600 — The Legislature finds and declares: (a) Controlling bed bugs is uniquely challenging, as bed bug resistance to existing insecticidal control measures is significant.
• § 1954.601 — For purposes of this chapter, the term “pest control operator” means an individual holding a Branch 2 operator, field representative, or applicator license from the Structural Pest Control Board.
• § 1954.602 — (a) A landlord shall not show, rent, or lease to a prospective tenant any vacant dwelling unit that the landlord knows has a current bed bug infestation.
• § 1954.603 — On and after July 1, 2017, prior to creating a new tenancy for a dwelling unit, a landlord shall provide a written notice to the prospective tenant as provided in this section.
• § 1954.604 — Entry to inspect a tenant’s dwelling unit shall comply with Section 1954.
• § 1954.605 — The landlord shall notify the tenants of those units inspected by the pest control operator pursuant to Section 1954.
• § 1955 — Except as otherwise agreed by the lessor and the lessee in lease agreements for a term of more than 20 days, one who leases personal property must deliver it to the lessee, secure his or her quiet enj
• § 1956 — Except as otherwise agreed by the lessor and lessee, a lessee of personal property must bear all such expenses concerning it as might naturally be foreseen to attend it during its use by him or her, a
• § 1957 — If a lessor fails to fulfill his or her obligations, as prescribed by Section 1955, the lessee, after giving him or her notice to do so, if the notice can conveniently be given, may expend any reasona
• § 1958 — At the expiration of the term for which personal property is leased, the lessee must return it to the lessor at the place contemplated by the parties at the time of leasing; or, if no particular place
• § 1959 — The contract by which a ship is let is termed a charter party.
• § 1961 — This chapter shall apply to every dwelling structure containing one or more units offered to the public for rent or for lease for residential purposes.
• § 1962 — (a) Any owner of a dwelling structure specified in Section 1961 or a party signing a rental agreement or lease on behalf of the owner shall do all of the following: (1) Disclose therein the name, tele
• § 1962.5 — (a) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 1962, the information required by paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 1962 to be disclosed to a tenant may, instead of being disclosed i
• § 1962.7 — In the event an owner, successor owner, manager, or agent specified in Section 1961 fails to comply with the requirements of this chapter, service of process by a tenant with respect to a dispute aris
• § 1965 — (a) A residential landlord shall not refuse to surrender, to a residential tenant or to a residential tenant’s duly authorized representative, any personal property not owned by the landlord which has
• § 1980 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Landlord” means any operator, keeper, lessor, or sublessor of any furnished or unfurnished premises for hire, or his or her agent or successor in interest.
• § 1980.5 — (a) Except as provided in Section 1993.
• § 1981 — (a) This chapter provides an optional procedure for the disposition of personal property that remains on the premises after a tenancy has terminated and the premises have been vacated by the tenant.
• § 1982 — (a) Personal property which the landlord reasonably believes to have been lost shall be disposed of pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 2080) of Chapter 4 of Title 6.
• § 1983 — (a) Where personal property remains on the premises after a tenancy has terminated and the premises have been vacated by the tenant, the landlord shall give written notice to the tenant and to any oth
• § 1984 — (a) A notice given to the former tenant which is in substantially the following form satisfies the requirements of Section 1983: Notice of Right to Reclaim Abandoned Property To: (Name of former tenan
• § 1985 — A notice which is in substantially the following form given to a person (other than the former tenant) the landlord reasonably believes to be the owner of personal property satisfies the requirements
• § 1986 — The personal property described in the notice shall either be left on the vacated premises or be stored by the landlord in a place of safekeeping until the landlord either releases the property pursua
• § 1987 — (a) The personal property described in the notice shall be released by the landlord to the former tenant or, at the landlord’s option, to any person reasonably believed by the landlord to be its owner
• § 1988 — (a) If the personal property described in the notice is not released pursuant to Section 1987, it shall be sold at public sale by competitive bidding.
• § 1989 — (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 1981, where the landlord releases to the former tenant property which remains on the premises after a tenancy is terminated, the landlord is not liable w
• § 1990 — (a) Costs of storage which may be required to be paid under this chapter shall be assessed in the following manner: (1) Where a former tenant claims property pursuant to Section 1987, he or she may be
• § 1991 — Where a notice of belief of abandonment is given to a lessee pursuant to Section 1951.
• § 1993 — This chapter shall only apply to commercial real property.
• § 1993.01 — Notwithstanding Section 1980.
• § 1993.02 — (a) This chapter provides an optional procedure for the disposition of property that remains on the premises after a tenancy of commercial real property has terminated and the premises have been vacat
• § 1993.03 — (a) If property remains on the premises after a tenancy has terminated and the premises have been vacated by the tenant, the landlord shall give written notice to the tenant and to any other person th
• § 1993.04 — (a) A notice given to the former tenant that is in substantially the following form satisfies the requirements of Section 1993.
• § 1993.05 — A notice in substantially the following form given to a person (other than the former tenant) the landlord reasonably believes to be the owner of personal property satisfies the requirements of Sectio
• § 1993.06 — The personal property described in the notice shall either be left on the vacated premises or be stored by the landlord in a place of safekeeping until the landlord either releases the property pursua
• § 1993.07 — (a) (1) The property described in the notice that is not released pursuant to Section 1987 shall be sold at public sale by competitive bidding except that, if the landlord reasonably believes that the
• § 1993.08 — (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 1993.
• § 1993.09 — If a notice of belief of abandonment is given to a lessee pursuant to Section 1951.
• § 1995.010 — This chapter applies to transfer of a tenant’s interest in a lease of real property for other than residential purposes.
• § 1995.020 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Landlord” includes a tenant who is a sublandlord under a sublease.
• § 1995.030 — Except as provided in Section 1995.
• § 1995.210 — (a) Subject to the limitations in this chapter, a lease may include a restriction on transfer of the tenant’s interest in the lease.
• § 1995.220 — An ambiguity in a restriction on transfer of a tenant’s interest in a lease shall be construed in favor of transferability.
• § 1995.230 — A restriction on transfer of a tenant’s interest in a lease may absolutely prohibit transfer.
• § 1995.240 — A restriction on transfer of a tenant’s interest in a lease may provide that the transfer is subject to any express standard or condition, including, but not limited to, a provision that the landlord
• § 1995.250 — A restriction on transfer of a tenant’s interest in a lease may require the landlord’s consent for transfer subject to any express standard or condition for giving or withholding consent, including, b
• § 1995.260 — If a restriction on transfer of the tenant’s interest in a lease requires the landlord’s consent for transfer but provides no standard for giving or withholding consent, the restriction on transfer sh
• § 1995.270 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares: (1) It is the public policy of the state and fundamental to the commerce and economic development of the state to enable and facilitate freedom of contract by t
• § 1995.300 — A remedy provided by law for violation of the rights of the tenant or of the landlord concerning transfer of a tenant’s interest in a lease, including a remedy provided in this article, is (a) subject
• § 1995.310 — If a restriction on transfer of a tenant’s interest in a lease requires the landlord’s consent for transfer subject to an express or implied standard that the landlord’s consent may not be unreasonabl
• § 1995.320 — If a tenant transfers the tenant’s interest in a lease in violation of a restriction on transfer of the tenant’s interest in the lease, in addition to any other remedies provided by law for breach of
• § 1995.330 — (a) An assignee who receives or makes a transfer in violation of a restriction on transfer of a tenant’s interest in a lease is jointly and severally liable with the tenant for contract damages under
• § 1995.340 — (a) Subject to subdivision (b), a restriction on transfer of a tenant’s interest in a lease applies to a subsequent transfer by a tenant, an assignee, or a subtenant notwithstanding the landlord’s con
• § 1997.010 — This chapter applies to a restriction on use of leased property by a tenant under a lease of real property for other than residential purposes.
• § 1997.020 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Landlord” includes a tenant who is a sublandlord under a sublease.
• § 1997.030 — Nothing in this chapter authorizes a restriction on use that is otherwise prohibited by law.
• § 1997.040 — (a) For the purpose of subdivision (a) of Section 1951.
• § 1997.050 — Except as provided in Section 1997.