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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1941.2

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 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, provided the tenant’s violation contributes substantially to the existence of the dil

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1941.3

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 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 main swinging entry door of a dwelling unit. The dead bolt lock shall be instal

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1941.4

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 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 telephone wiring in good working order, shall ensure that the inside telephone wiring

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1941.5

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 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 not a tenant of the same dwelling unit as the eligible tenant. (b) A landlord s

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1941.6

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 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. (b) A landlord shall, at the landlord’s own expense, change the locks of a protected tenant’s dwellin

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1941.7

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 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 17920.3 of the Health and Safety Code until the lessor has notice of the dilapidation or if the tenant i

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1941.8

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 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 any dilapidations that arise as a result of a disaster: (1) Removal of debris cau

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1941.9

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 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 rental payments made by the tenant that cover any period after the date of the termin

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1942

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 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 landlord ought to repair, the landlord neglects to do so, the tenant may repair

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1942.1

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 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 untenantable, except that the lessor and the lessee may agree that the lessee sha

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1942.2

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1942.2

A tenant who has made a payment to a utility pursuant to Section 777, 777.1, 10009, 10009.1, 12822, 12822.1, 16481, or 16481.1 of the Public Utilities Code, or to a district pursuant to Section 60371 of the Government Code, may deduct the payment from the rent as provided in that

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1942.3

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 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 habitability requirements in Section 1941 is created if all of the following conditions

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1942.4

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 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 Code of Civil Procedure, if all of the following conditions exist prior to the lan

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1942.5

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 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 tenantability of a dwelling, and if the lessee of a dwelling is not in default as to

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1942.6

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 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 regarding tenants’ rights or to participate in a lessees’ association or association of

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1942.7

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 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 that allows an animal on the premises, shall not do any of the following: (1) Adv

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1942.8

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 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 of paying for any subscription from a third-party internet service provider, suc

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1942.9

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 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 1179.02 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and who has submitted a declaration of COVID-19-related financial distress, as defined in Sec

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1943

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 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 in writing; except that, in the case of real property used for agricultural or gr

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1944

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 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. Thus a hiring at a monthly rate of rent is presumed to be for one month. In the absence of any agreement res

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1945

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 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 terms and for the same time, not exceeding one month when the rent is payable month

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1945.5

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 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 or extension of the lease for all or part of the full term of the lease if the le

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1946

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 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 notice to the other of that party’s intention to terminate the same, at least a

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1946.1

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 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 stated in Section 1945, at the end of the term implied by law unless one of the

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1946.2

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 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 tenancy without just cause, which shall be stated in the written notice to terminat