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Every landlord's legal guide

Call Numbers

  • 346.0434 S8511 2022 (CEN, OSH)
  • LAW 346.0434 S8511 2022 (CEN)

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Edition

16th edition.

Publication Information

[Berkeley, California] : Nolo, 2022.

Physical Description

530 pages : forms ; 28 cm

Summary

"The legal forms and state rules every landlord and property manager needs to keep up with the law and make money as a residential landlord, you need a guide you can trust: Every Landlord's Legal Guide. From move-in to move-out, here's help with legal, financial, and day-to-day issues. You'll avoid hassles and headaches--not to mention legal fees and lawsuits"--

Notes

Includes index.

Contents

  • Introduction: Your landlord companion
  • Screening tenants : your most important decision
  • Preparing leases and rental agreements
  • Basic rent rules
  • Security deposits
  • Discrimination
  • Property managers
  • Getting the tenant moved in
  • Cotenants, sublets, and assignments
  • Landlord's duty to repair and maintain the premises
  • Landlord's liability for tenant injuries from dangerous conditions
  • Landlord's liability for environmental health hazards
  • Landlord's liability for criminal activity
  • Landlord's right of entry and tenants' privacy
  • Ending a tenancy
  • Returning security deposits and other move-out issues
  • Problems with tenants : how to resolve disputes without a lawyer
  • Late rent, terminations, and evictions
  • Lawyers and legal research
  • Appendixes. State landlord-tenant law charts ; How to use the downloadable forms on the Nolo website.

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