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Eviction Notice Requirements<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n

If you receive an eviction notice, make sure that it meets ALL the following notice requirements first! YOU DO NOT NEED TO LEAVE YOUR HOME IMMEDIATELY IF YOU RECEIVE AN EVICTION NOTICE. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If your landlord is attempting to evict you WITHOUT a court order (court order documents use words like \u201csummons,\u201d \u201ccomplaint\u201d and \u201cunlawful detainer\u201d), STAY IN YOUR HOME. All evictions must proceed through the courts. Following a court decision, the ONLY person that can physically remove you from your home is the sheriff, not the landlord. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NOTE: None of the following information serves as legal advice.<\/u> All of the below information is for tenants in private residences in California, and is does not necessarily apply to tenants in subsidized housing. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1. Must be in writing.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you were told to leave verbally or over the phone, that notice is NOT valid! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fill out this Eviction Notice Invalid – By Phone or Verbal Sample Letter<\/a> and give it to your landlord as soon as possible to let them know that you will continue to stay in your home! <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2. Must be served in person or mailed and posted.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you were told to leave over text, email, or any other form of electronic communication, that notice is NOT valid! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fill out this Eviction Notice Invalid \u2013 Served by Text, Email or Other Electronic Message sample letter<\/a> and give it to your landlord as soon as possible to let them know that you will continue to stay in your home!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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3. Must have the proper notice time depending on the reason for the eviction. <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you are served a notice without the proper notice time below, the notice is NOT valid! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fill out this Eviction Notice Invalid \u2013 Not Serviced With Proper Notice Time sample letter<\/a> and give it to your landlord as soon as possible to let them know that you will continue to stay in your home!<\/p>\n\n\n

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3-day notice to pay or quit is served to tenants that are late on rent, and have lived in the building for 12 months.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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3-day notice to pay or quit is served to tenants that are breaking a lease agreement. Landlords have to give tenants a warning and opportunity to fix or \u00abcure\u00bb the issue.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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30-day notice is required if it is a \u201cno fault\u201d eviction, meaning that the reason for eviction is due to something the landlord did AND<\/strong> the tenant has\u00a0lived in the unit for less<\/strong> than 1 year.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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60-day notice is required if it is a \u201cno fault\u201d eviction, meaning that the reason for eviction is due to something the landlord did AND<\/strong> tenant has\u00a0lived in the unit for more<\/strong> than 1 year.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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90-day notice is required if the property was\u00a0foreclosed.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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120-day notice is required if it is an\u00a0Ellis Act<\/strong>\u00a0eviction, meaning that the property is being removed from the rental market and turned into something that will no longer be used for rental housing.

NOTE<\/strong>: The landlord just selling the property DOES NOT count as an Ellis Act eviction, because that does not mean that the property will be removed from the rental market necessarily.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Eviction Protections<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

CA Statewide Just Cause Eviction Protections<\/h3>\n\n\n\n