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" California tenants' rights / "
by Janet Portman & David Brown.
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BL
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1043247
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b797617
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| Main Entry
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Portman, Janet.
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| Title & Author
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California tenants' rights /\ by Janet Portman David Brown.
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| Edition Statement
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17th ed.
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| Publication Statement
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Berkeley, CA :: NOLO,, 2007.
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1 v. (various pagings) :: ill., forms ;; 28 cm.
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| ISBN
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1413305733
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: 9781413305739
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| Notes
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Includes index.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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1. Some general things you should know -- Who is your landlord? -- Renters' tax credit -- Lawyers -- Typing services -- Legal research -- Mediation -- 2. 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 -- 3. 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 -- 4. All about rent -- When is rent due? -- Late charges -- Partial rent payments -- Rent increases -- Rent increase notices -- Rent control and eviction protection -- General types of rent control laws -- Rent control board hearings -- What to do if the landlord violates rent control rules -- Rent control laws -- 5. 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 -- 6. 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 -- 7. 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 -- 8. 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 -- 9. 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.
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10. 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 entitled to -- 11. Environmental hazards -- Asbestos -- Lead -- Radon -- Carbon monoxide -- Mold -- 12. 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 -- 13. 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 -- 14. 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 -- 15. 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 -- 16. Tenants acting together -- Tenant organizing -- Setting up a tenants' organization -- Getting information on the landlord -- Tactics -- Negotiations -- The agreement -- 17. Renter's insurance -- 18. Condominium conversion -- Legal protection for tenants -- Changing the law.
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Appendix -- Forms to use when your tenancy begins -- Landlord-tenant checklist -- Fixed-term residential lease -- Month-to-month residential rental agreement -- Forms to use during your tenancy -- Notice to repair -- Notice of rent withholding -- Collective bargaining agreement -- Forms to use when fighting an eviction -- Application for waiver of court fees and costs -- Information sheet on waiver of court fees and costs -- Order on application for waiver of additional court fees and costs -- Prejudgment claim to right of possession -- Blank numbered legal paper -- Blank numbered legal paper with Superior Court heading -- Proof of service by mail -- Demurrer -- Points and authorities in support of demurrer -- Notice of hearing on demurrer -- Answer, unlawful detainer -- Request to inspect and for production of documents -- Form interrogatories, unlawful detainer -- Settlement agreement -- Demand for jury trial -- Forms to use if you lose an eviction -- Application and declaration for relief from eviction -- Order granting relief from eviction -- Application and declaration for stay of eviction -- Order granting stay of eviction -- Notice of appeal and notice to prepare clerk's transcript -- Claim of right to possession and notice of hearing -- Index.
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Landlord and tenant-- California, Popular works.
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Landlord and tenant.
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California.
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| Dewey Classification
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346.79404/34
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| LC Classification
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KFC145.Z9M68 2007
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Brown, David W., (David Wayne),1949-
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