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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Section 1805

Citation
Section 1805
Parent Document
Sego v. Santa Monica Rent Control Board, 57 Cal. App. 4th 250 (1997)
Jurisdiction
California (state)
Effective Date
1997-08-22

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court reasoned that the affirmative defense for excess rent paid is a setoff in the nature of an equitable defense and as long as the tenant’s obligation to pay rent exists, his or her right to claim setoff against the landlord would continue. (215 Cal.App.3d at p. 467.) Thus, no statute of limitations applies when excess rent paid is used as an affirmative defense to an unlawful detainer action. *260 The court in Minelian v. Manzella, supra,