Section 520

Citation: Section 520
Parent Document: Western Land Office, Inc. v. Cervantes, 175 Cal. App. 3d 724 (1985)
Jurisdiction: California (state)
Effective Date: 1985-12-13
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2109053/western-land-office-inc-v-cervantes/ ↗

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Subdivision (d) of the statute covered the situation where the complaining tenant was not in violation of any law or agreement, but the landlord nevertheless wished to take action in good faith for a valid reason. For example, a landlord might have wanted (1) to raise the tenant’s rent because taxes on the property had increased; (2) to recover possession of the tenant’s dwelling for the purpose of remodeling or demolishing; or (3) to sell the premises to someone who had another tenant in mind. In such situations, subdivision (d) required the landlord to inform the tenant, by notice and by pleading, of “the ground upon which the lessor, in good faith, seeks to recover possession, increase rent, or do any of the other acts described in subdivision (a). If such statement be controverted,

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