Landlord-Tenant (The Rutter Group California Practice Guide)

Landlord-Tenant is an invaluable addition to any legal library. It provides expert guidance to landlord-tenant law through every stage of the relationship, from prelease negotiations to tenancy termination and eviction.

Written in a clear, concise, and accessible style, it offers thorough analyses of applicable case law, statutes, and state and local rules that regulate and limit landlord-tenant substantive and procedural rights and obligations. Landlord-Tenant provides attorneys representing residential and commercial landlords and tenants with a comprehensive, systematic approach and explanation to the relevant federal, state, and local law.

This title offers strategies, tactics, time-saving tips, practice pointers, and forms necessary to competently advise clients in rental negotiations, the commencement of the tenancy, rights and obligations during the tenancy, termination of the tenancy, and eviction. It provides step-by-step guidance through the unlawful detainer process and addresses issues related to bankruptcy, rent control, discrimination statutes, mobile home tenancies, and government-subsidized housing.

This practice guide covers a broad spectrum of topics, including:

• Preliminary considerations – accepting the case, initial counseling, and negotiations
• Creating the tenancy, including tenancies vs. other relationships, rental agreements, discrimination in renting, amount of rent (residential), security deposits, and duty to deliver possession
• Warranty of habitability
• Rights and obligations during the tenancy
• Residential rent control and eviction control
• Landlord-tenant premises liability
• Terminating the tenancy and related remedies
• Unlawful detainer litigation – pretrial matters
• Unlawful detainer litigation – trial, judgment, and post-judgment matters
• Bankruptcy affecting the tenancy
• Tenancies in mobile home parks
• Section 8 government-subsidized housing
• Tenancies in floating home marinas

Written by preeminent legal experts, our comprehensive Rutter Group Practice Guides are indispensable resources for both novice and seasoned attorneys, providing accessible, authoritative guidance. Thoughtfully crafted in concise, easy-to-read outline format, our guides simplify intricate legal concepts into clear, step-by-step instructions that facilitate swift mastery and application:

• Practice Guides include relevant case law, statutes, and court rules, focusing on issues facing practicing attorneys. Pivotal decisions illuminate vital points, rather than just providing lists of citations, preparing plaintiffs and defense counsel for a variety of contingencies.
• Practitioners benefit from practical guidance that logically breaks down topics and procedures into manageable steps, illustrated with examples from actual cases.
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