The California Landlord’s Law Book: Righs & Responsibilities 11th Edistion
Buku ini diterbitkan tahun 2005 oleh NOLO adalah buku edisi sepuluh.
Judul: The California Landlord’s Law Book: Righs & Responsibilities 11th Edistion
Oleh: Attorneys David Brown, et al
Penerbit: NOLO
Tahun: 2005
Jumlah Halaman: 633 hal.
Penulis:
David Brown praktek hukum di Monterey, California, daerah, di mana ia telah dengan baik mewakili tuan tanah dan penyewa di ratusan pengadilan. Brown, lulusan Stanford University (kimia) dan University of Santa Clara Law School, dan penulis Fight Your Ticket, Beat Your Ticket and The California
Landlord’s Law Book: Evictions dan sebagai mitra penulis The Guardianship Book.
Ralph Warner adalah pendiri dan penerbit Nolo, dan ahli hokum pemilik / penyewa. Ralph telah menjadi pemilik, penyewa, dan, selama beberapa tahun, seorang manajer properti. Setelah menjadi bosan dengan semua peran itu, dia membeli sebuah rumah keluarga tunggal.
Janet Portman, seorang pengacara dan Nolo Managing Editor, menerima dua gelar sarjana dari Stanford dan gelar sarjana hukum dari Universitas Santa Clara. Dia adalah seorang ahli hukum pemilik-penyewa dan rekan penulis Every Tenant’s Legal Guide, Renters’ Rights, Leases & Rental Agreements dan Leasing Space for Your Small Business.
Lingkup Pembahasan:
Buku ini adalah Buku Hukum California tentang pemilik lahan berisi tentang Hak dan Tanggung Jawab pemilih lahan. Buku ini berkonsentrasi pada aturan-aturan hukum yang terkait dengan sebagian besar aspek menyewa dan mengelola perumahan real properti. Sebagai contoh, buku ini memuat informasi tentang sewa, perjanjian sewa, manajer, pemeriksaan kredit, uang jaminan, diskriminasi, pelanggaran privasi, tugas pemilik untuk mempertahankan tempat, dan banyak lagi. Buku ini merupakan buku praktis, mudah digunakan checklist. Buku diperlukan untuk mengakhiri sebuah sewa, termasuk panduan langkah-demi-langkah untuk melakukan penggusuran.
Dalam buku ini, mengemukakan kira-kira kronologis penyelesaian mata pelajaran penting untuk landlords-dimulai dengan mengambil aplikasi sewa dan berakhir dengan kembali uang jaminan ketika penyewa keluar.
Daftar Isi:
INTRODUCTION
1 RENTING YOUR PROPERTY: HOW TO CHOOSE TENANTS AND AVOID LEGAL
PITFALLS
A. Adopt a Rental Plan and Stick to It 1/2
B. Advertising Rental Property 1/2
C. Dealing With Prospective Tenants 1/3
D. Checking Background, References, and Credit History of Potential Tenants 1/12
E. Choosing—and Rejecting—an Applicant 1/18
F. Holding Deposits 1/21
2 UNDERSTANDING LEASES AND RENTAL AGREEMENTS
A. Oral Agreements Are Not Recommended 2/2
B. Written Agreements: Which Is Better, a Lease or a Rental Agreement? 2/3
C. Common Legal Provisions in Lease and Rental Agreement Forms 2/7
D. How to Modify and Sign Form Agreements 2/32
E. Cosigners 2/34
F. Illegal Lease and Rental Agreement Provisions .2/35
3 BASIC RENT RULES
A. How Much Can You Charge? 3/2
B. When Rent Is Due 3/3
C. Where and How Rent Is Due 3/4
D. Late Charges 3/6
E. Returned Check Charges 3/7
F. Partial Rent Payments 3/8
4 RENT CONTROL
A. Property Exempt From Rent Control 4/3
B. Local Rent Control Administration 4/3
C. Registration of Rental Properties 4/3
D. Rent Formula and Individual Adjustments 4/4
E. Security Deposits 4/6
F. Certification of Correct Rent Levels by Board 4/6
G. Vacancy Decontrol 4/6
H. Tenant Protections: Just Cause Evictions 4/7
I. Rent Control Board Hearings 4/9
J. Legal Sanctions for Violating Rent Control 4/13
5 SECURITY DEPOSITS
A. Security Deposits Must Be Refundable 5/2
B. How Landlords May Use Deposits 5/3
C. Dollar Limits on Deposits 5/3
D. How to Increase Deposit Amounts 5/4
E. Last Month’s Rent 5/4
F. Interest, Accounts and Recordkeeping on Deposits 5/5
G. Insurance as a Back-Up to Deposits 5/6
H. When Rental Property Is Sold 5/8
I. If You’re Purchasing Rental Property 5/9
6 PROPERTY MANAGERS
A. Hiring Your Own Manager 6/2
B. Avoiding Legal Problems .6/3
C. Management Companies .6/11
D. An Owner’s Liability for a Manager’s Acts 6/12
E. Notifying Tenants of the Manager 6/16
F. Firing a Manager 6/17
G. Evicting a Manager 6/17
7 GETTING THE TENANT MOVED IN
A. Inspect and Photograph the Unit 7/2
B. Send New Tenants a Move-In Letter 7/3
C. First Month’s Rent and Security Deposit Checks 7/13
8 LAWYERS, LEGAL RESEARCH, EVICTION SERVICES AND MEDIATION
A. Legal Research Tools 8/2
B. Mediating Disputes With Tenants 8/6
C. Nonlawyer Eviction Services 8/7
D. Finding a Lawyer 8/8
E. Paying a Lawyer 8/9
F. Resolving Problems With Your Lawyer 8/10
9 DISCRIMINATION
A. Legal Reasons for Refusing to Rent to a Tenant 9/2
B. Sources of Discrimination Laws 9/7
C. Forbidden Types of Discrimination 9/8
D. Occupancy Limits 9/24
E. Legal Penalties for Discrimination 9/26
F. Owner-Occupied Premises and Occasional Rentals 9/27
G. Managers and Discrimination 9/28
H. Insurance Coverage for Discrimination Claims 9/29
10 COTENANTS, SUBTENANTS, AND GUESTS
A. Renting to More Than One Tenant 10/2
B. Subtenants and Sublets 10/4
C. When a Tenant Brings in a Roommate 10/5
D. If a Tenant Leaves and Assigns the Lease to Someone 10/8
11 THE LANDLORD’S DUTY TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY
A. State and Local Housing Standards 11/3
B. Enforcement of Housing Standards 11/4
C. Maintenance of Appliances and Other Amenities 11/6
D. The Tenant’s Responsibilities 11/8
E. The Tenant’s Right to Repair and Deduct 11/9
F. The Tenant’s Right to Withhold Rent When the Premises Aren’t Habitable 11/10
G. The Landlord’s Options If a Tenant Repairs and Deducts or Withholds Rent 11/13
H. The Tenant’s Right to Move Out 11/16
I. The Tenant’s Right to Sue for Defective Conditions 11/18
J. Avoid Rent Withholding and Other Tenant Remedies by Adopting a High-Quality Repair and
Maintenance System 11/21
K. Tenant Updates and Landlord’s Regular Safety and Maintenance Inspections 11/29
L. Tenants’ Alterations and Improvements 11/32
M. Cable TV 11/36
N. Satellite Dishes and Other Antennas 11/36
12 THE LANDLORD’S LIABILITY FOR DANGEROUS CONDITIONS, CRIMINAL ACTS,
AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARDS
A. Legal Standards for Liability 12/3
B. Landlord’s Responsibility to Protect Tenants From Crime 12/12
C. How to Protect Your Tenants From Criminal Acts While Also Reducing Your Potential
Liability 12/17
D. Protecting Tenants From Each Other (and From the Manager) 12/23
E. Landlord Liability for Drug-Dealing Tenants 12/26
F. Liability for Environmental Hazards 12/30
G. Liability, Property, and Other Types of Insurance 12/50
13 LANDLORD’S RIGHT OF ENTRY AND TENANT’S PRIVACY
A. The Landlord’s Right of Entry 13/3
B. Entry by Others 13/10
C. Other Types of Invasions of Privacy 13/11
D. What to Do When Tenants Are Unreasonable 13/13
E. Tenants’ Remedies If a Landlord Acts Illegally 13/14
14 RAISING RENTS AND CHANGING OTHER TERMS OF TENANCY
A. Basic Rules to Change or End a Tenancy 14/2
B. Rent Increase Rules 14/3
C. Preparing a Notice to Raise Rent 14/8
D. How the Notice Is Served on the Tenant 14/8
E. When the Rent Increase Takes Effect 14/11
F. Changing Terms Other Than Rent 14/11
15 RETALIATORY RENT INCREASES AND EVICTIONS
A. Types of Retaliation That Are Prohibited 15/2
B. Proving Retaliation 15/3
C. Avoiding Charges of Retaliation 15/4
D. Liability for Illegal Retaliation 15/10
16 THE THREE-DAY NOTICE TO PAY RENT OR QUIT
A. When to Use a Three-Day Notice 16/2
B. How to Determine the Amount of Rent Due 16/2
C. How to Fill Out a Three-Day Notice .16/5
D. Serving the Three-Day Notice on the Tenant 16/7
E. If the Tenant Offers to Pay Rent. 16/10
F. If the Tenant Won’t Pay Rent (or Leave) 16/11
17 SELF-HELP EVICTIONS, UTILITY TERMINATIONS, AND TAKING TENANTS’
PROPERTY
A. Forcible Evictions 17/2
B. Locking or Driving the Tenant Out Without Force 17/3
C. Seizing the Tenant’s Property and Other Harassment 17/4
D. Effect of Landlord’s Forcible Eviction on a Tenant’s Liability for Rent 17/5
18 TERMINATING TENANCIES
A. The 30-, 60-, or 90-Day Notice 18/3
B. The Three-Day Notice in Cities That Don’t Require Just Cause for Eviction 18/11
C. Termination When Just Cause for Eviction Is Required 18/18
D. Termination When No Notice Is Required 18/26
E. Notifying Tenant of Initial Move-Out Inspection 18/26
19 WHEN A TENANT LEAVES: MONTH-TO-MONTH TENANCIES, FIXED-TERM
LEASES, ABANDONMENT, AND DEATH OF TENANT
A. Termination of Month-to-Month Tenancies 19/2
B. Termination of Fixed-Term Leases 19/5
C. Termination by Tenant Abandoning Premises 19/8
D. What to Do When Some Tenants Leave and Others Stay 19/11
E. Death of a Tenant 19/12
20 RETURNING SECURITY DEPOSITS
A. Basic Rules for Returning Deposits .20/3
B. Initial Move-Out Inspection and Right to Receipts 20/4
C. Final Inspection 20/13
D. Deductions for Cleaning and Damages 20/14
E. Deductions for Unpaid Rent 20/16
F. Preparing an Itemized Statement of Deductions 20/18
G. Small Claims Lawsuits by the Tenant 20/23
H. If the Deposit Doesn’t Cover Damage and Unpaid Rent 20/29
21 PROPERTY ABANDONED BY A TENANT
A. Handling, Storing, and Disposing of Personal Property 21/2
B. Motor Vehicles Left Behind 21/7
APPENDIX A HOW TO USE THE CD-ROM
A. Installing the Form Files Onto Your Computer A/2
B. Using the Word Processing Files to Create Documents A/3
C. Using PDF Files to Print Out Forms A/4
APPENDIX B TEAR-OUT FORMS
APPENDIX C
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