California Code
PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS
TITLE 5 - HIRING

CHAPTER 1 - Hiring in General

Section 1925. - 1925. Hiring is a contract by which one gives to...

Section 1926. - 1926. The products of a thing hired, during the hiring,...

Section 1927. - 1927. An agreement to let upon hire binds the letter...

Section 1928. - 1928. The hirer of a thing must use ordinary care...

Section 1929. - 1929. The hirer of a thing must repair all deteriorations...

Section 1930. - 1930. When a thing is let for a particular purpose...

Section 1931. - 1931. The letter of a thing may terminate the hiring...

Section 1932. - 1932. The hirer of a thing may terminate the hiring...

Section 1933. - 1933. The hiring of a thing terminates: 1. At the...

Section 1934. - 1934. If the hiring of a thing is terminable at...

Section 1934.5. - 1934.5. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1934, the hiring of...

Section 1935. - 1935. When the hiring of a thing is terminated before...

Section 1938. - 1938. (a) A commercial property owner or lessor shall state...

CHAPTER 1.5 - Rental Passenger Vehicle Transactions

Section 1939.01. - 1939.01. For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions...

Section 1939.03. - 1939.03. Except as limited by Section 1939.05, a rental company...

Section 1939.05. - 1939.05. (a) The total amount of the renter’s liability to...

Section 1939.07. - 1939.07. (a) A claim against a renter resulting from damage...

Section 1939.09. - 1939.09. (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a...

Section 1939.13. - 1939.13. (a) A rental company shall not require the purchase...

Section 1939.15. - 1939.15. (a) In the absence of express permission granted by...

Section 1939.17. - 1939.17. A customer facility charge or alternative customer facility charge...

Section 1939.19. - 1939.19. (a) When providing a quote, or imposing charges for...

Section 1939.21. - 1939.21. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Additional charges”...

Section 1939.22. - 1939.22. A rental company shall send communications to a renter...

Section 1939.23. - 1939.23. (a) A rental company shall not use, access, or...

Section 1939.25. - 1939.25. A renter may bring an action against a rental...

Section 1939.27. - 1939.27. A rental company that brings an action against a...

Section 1939.29. - 1939.29. A waiver of any of the provisions of this...

Section 1939.31. - 1939.31. (a) A rental company’s disclosure requirements shall be satisfied...

Section 1939.33. - 1939.33. (a) When a rental company enters into a rental...

Section 1939.35. - 1939.35. (a) (1) A rental company shall provide a renter...

Section 1939.37. - 1939.37. A rental company is not subject to the requirements...

CHAPTER 2 - Hiring of Real Property

Section 1940. - 1940. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), this chapter...

Section 1940.05. - 1940.05. For purposes of this chapter, “immigration or citizenship status”...

Section 1940.1. - 1940.1. (a) No person may require an occupant of a...

Section 1940.2. - 1940.2. (a) It is unlawful for a landlord to do...

Section 1940.3. - 1940.3. (a) A public entity shall not, by ordinance, regulation,...

Section 1940.35. - 1940.35. (a) It is unlawful for a landlord to disclose...

Section 1940.4. - 1940.4. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), a landlord...

Section 1940.45. - 1940.45. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a...

Section 1940.5. - 1940.5. An owner or an owner’s agent shall not refuse...

Section 1940.6. - 1940.6. (a) The owner of a residential dwelling unit or...

Section 1940.7. - 1940.7. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the December...

Section 1940.8. - 1940.8. A landlord of a residential dwelling unit shall provide...

Section 1940.8.5. - 1940.8.5. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms...

Section 1940.9. - 1940.9. (a) If the landlord does not provide separate gas...

Section 1940.10. - 1940.10. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following...

Section 1940.20. - 1940.20. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions...

Section [1941.]. - [1941.] Section Nineteen Hundred and Forty-one. The lessor of a...

Section 1941.1. - 1941.1. (a) A dwelling shall be deemed untenantable for purposes...

Section 1941.2. - 1941.2. (a) No duty on the part of the landlord...

Section 1941.3. - 1941.3. (a) On and after July 1, 1998, the landlord,...

Section 1941.4. - 1941.4. The lessor of a building intended for the residential...

Section 1941.5. - 1941.5. (a) This section shall apply if a person who...

Section 1941.6. - 1941.6. (a) This section shall apply if a person who...

Section 1941.7. - 1941.7. (a) An obligation shall not arise under Section 1941...

Section 1942. - 1942. (a) If within a reasonable time after written or...

Section 1942.1. - 1942.1. Any agreement by a lessee of a dwelling waiving...

Section 1942.2. - 1942.2. A tenant who has made a payment to a...

Section 1942.3. - 1942.3. (a) In any unlawful detainer action by the landlord...

Section 1942.4. - 1942.4. (a) A landlord of a dwelling may not demand...

Section 1942.5. - 1942.5. (a) If the lessor retaliates against the lessee because...

Section 1942.6. - 1942.6. Any person entering onto residential real property, upon the...

Section 1942.7. - 1942.7. (a) A person or corporation that occupies, owns, manages,...

Section 1942.8. - 1942.8. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in...

Section 1942.9. - 1942.9. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a landlord shall not,...

Section 1943. - 1943. A hiring of real property, other than lodgings and...

Section 1944. - 1944. A hiring of lodgings or a dwelling house for...

Section 1945. - 1945. If a lessee of real property remains in possession...

Section 1945.5. - 1945.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any term of...

Section 1946. - 1946. A hiring of real property, for a term not...

Section 1946.1. - 1946.1. (a) Notwithstanding Section 1946, a hiring of residential real...

Section 1946.2. - 1946.2. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, after a tenant has...

Section 1946.5. - 1946.5. (a) The hiring of a room by a lodger...

Section 1946.7. - 1946.7. (a) A tenant may notify the landlord that the...

Section 1946.8. - 1946.8. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Individual in...

Section 1947. - 1947. When there is no usage or contract to the...

Section 1947.3. - 1947.3. (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a...

Section 1947.5. - 1947.5. (a) A landlord of a residential dwelling unit, as...

Section 1947.6. - 1947.6. (a) For any lease executed, extended, or renewed on...

Section 1947.7. - 1947.7. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the operation...

Section 1947.8. - 1947.8. (a) If an ordinance or charter controls or establishes...

Section 1947.9. - 1947.9. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any local law to the contrary,...

Section 1947.10. - 1947.10. (a) After July 1, 1990, in any city, county,...

Section 1947.11. - 1947.11. (a) In any city, county, or city and county...

Section 1947.12. - 1947.12. (a) (1) Subject to subdivision (b), an owner of...

Section 1947.13. - 1947.13. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 1947.12, upon the...

Section 1947.15. - 1947.15. (a) The Legislature declares the purpose of this section...

Section 1948. - 1948. The attornment of a tenant to a stranger is...

Section 1949. - 1949. Every tenant who receives notice of any proceeding to...

Section 1950. - 1950. One who hires part of a room for a...

Section 1950.1. - 1950.1. (a) A reusable tenant screening report shall include all...

Section 1950.5. - 1950.5. (a) This section applies to security for a rental...

Section 1950.6. - 1950.6. (a) Notwithstanding Section 1950.5, when a landlord or his...

Section 1950.7. - 1950.7. (a) Any payment or deposit of money the primary...

Section 1950.8. - 1950.8. (a) This section applies only to commercial leases and...

Section 1951. - 1951. As used in Sections 1951.2 to 1952.6, inclusive: (a)...

Section 1951.2. - 1951.2. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 1951.4, if...

Section 1951.3. - 1951.3. (a) This section applies to real property other than...

Section 1951.35. - 1951.35. (a) This section applies only to commercial real property,...

Section 1951.4. - 1951.4. (a) The remedy described in this section is available...

Section 1951.5. - 1951.5. Section 1671, relating to liquidated damages, applies to a...

Section 1951.7. - 1951.7. (a) As used in this section, “advance payment” means...

Section 1951.8. - 1951.8. Nothing in Section 1951.2 or 1951.4 affects the right...

Section 1952. - 1952. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), nothing in...

Section 1952.2. - 1952.2. Sections 1951 to 1952, inclusive, do not apply to:...

Section 1952.3. - 1952.3. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c),...

Section 1952.4. - 1952.4. An agreement for the exploration for or the removal...

Section 1952.6. - 1952.6. (a) Sections 1951 to 1952.2, inclusive, shall not apply...

Section 1952.7. - 1952.7. (a) (1) Any term in a lease that is...

Section 1952.8. - 1952.8. On and after the effective date of this section,...

Section 1953. - 1953. (a) Any provision of a lease or rental agreement...

Section 1954. - 1954. (a) A landlord may enter the dwelling unit only...

Section 1954.05. - 1954.05. In any general assignment for the benefit of creditors,...

Section 1954.06. - 1954.06. (a) As specified in subdivision (b), and except as...

CHAPTER 2.4 - Occupancy in Interim Homelessness Programs

Section 1954.08. - 1954.08. For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions...

Section 1954.09. - 1954.09. (a) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section...

Section 1954.091. - 1954.091. (a) Section 310.3 of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section...

Section 1954.092. - 1954.092. (a) A motel or hotel shall not be designated...

Section 1954.093. - 1954.093. This chapter shall remain in effect only until January...

CHAPTER 2.5 - Transitional Housing Participant Misconduct

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions

Section 1954.10. - 1954.10. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 1954.11. - 1954.11. In enacting this chapter, it is the intent of...

Section 1954.12. - 1954.12. The following definitions shall govern the construction of this...

ARTICLE 2 - Temporary Restraining Order and Injunction

Section 1954.13. - 1954.13. (a) The program operator may seek, on its own...

Section 1954.14. - 1954.14. (a) The clerk shall transmit a copy of each...

Section 1954.15. - 1954.15. If a participant has violated an order issued under...

Section 1954.16. - 1954.16. The Judicial Council shall promulgate forms and related instructions...

ARTICLE 3 - Recovery of Dwelling

Section 1954.17. - 1954.17. If, after hearing pursuant to this chapter, an order...

Section 1954.18. - 1954.18. If the program operator takes possession of the property,...

CHAPTER 2.6 - Commercial Rental Control

Section 1954.25. - 1954.25. The Legislature finds that the price charged for commercial...

Section 1954.26. - 1954.26. As used in this chapter, the following terms have...

Section 1954.27. - 1954.27. (a) No public entity shall enact any measure constituting...

Section 1954.28. - 1954.28. Nothing in this chapter limits or affects public entities...

Section 1954.29. - 1954.29. Nothing in this chapter shall, with respect to a...

Section 1954.30. - 1954.30. Nothing in this chapter grants or augments any authority...

Section 1954.31. - 1954.31. A public entity may by enactment of a statute,...

CHAPTER 2.7 - Residential Rent Control

Section 1954.50. - 1954.50. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 1954.51. - 1954.51. As used in this chapter, the following terms have...

Section 1954.52. - 1954.52. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an owner...

Section 1954.53. - 1954.53. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an owner...

Section 1954.535. - 1954.535. Where an owner terminates or fails to renew a...

CHAPTER 2.8 - Bed Bug Infestations

Section 1954.600. - 1954.600. The Legislature finds and declares: (a) Controlling bed bugs...

Section 1954.601. - 1954.601. For purposes of this chapter, the term “pest control...

Section 1954.602. - 1954.602. (a) A landlord shall not show, rent, or lease...

Section 1954.603. - 1954.603. On and after July 1, 2017, prior to creating...

Section 1954.604. - 1954.604. Entry to inspect a tenant’s dwelling unit shall comply...

Section 1954.605. - 1954.605. The landlord shall notify the tenants of those units...

CHAPTER 3 - Hiring of Personal Property

Section 1955. - 1955. Except as otherwise agreed by the lessor and the...

Section 1956. - 1956. Except as otherwise agreed by the lessor and lessee,...

Section 1957. - 1957. If a lessor fails to fulfill his or her...

Section 1958. - 1958. At the expiration of the term for which personal...

Section 1959. - 1959. The contract by which a ship is let is...

CHAPTER 4 - Identification of Property Owners

Section 1961. - 1961. This chapter shall apply to every dwelling structure containing...

Section 1962. - 1962. (a) Any owner of a dwelling structure specified in...

Section 1962.5. - 1962.5. (a) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 1962,...

Section 1962.7. - 1962.7. In the event an owner, successor owner, manager, or...

CHAPTER 4.5 - Disposition of Personal Property Upon Request of Tenant

Section 1965. - 1965. (a) A residential landlord shall not refuse to surrender,...

CHAPTER 5 - Disposition of Personal Property Remaining on Premises at Termination of Tenancy

Section 1980. - 1980. As used in this chapter: (a) “Landlord” means any...

Section 1980.5. - 1980.5. Except as provided in Section 1993.01, the provisions of...

Section 1981. - 1981. (a) This chapter provides an optional procedure for the...

Section 1982. - 1982. (a) Personal property which the landlord reasonably believes to...

Section 1983. - 1983. (a) Where personal property remains on the premises after...

Section 1984. - 1984. (a) A notice given to the former tenant which...

Section 1985. - 1985. A notice which is in substantially the following form...

Section 1986. - 1986. The personal property described in the notice shall either...

Section 1987. - 1987. (a) The personal property described in the notice shall...

Section 1988. - 1988. (a) If the personal property described in the notice...

Section 1989. - 1989. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 1981, where the...

Section 1990. - 1990. (a) Costs of storage which may be required to...

Section 1991. - 1991. Where a notice of belief of abandonment is given...

CHAPTER 5.5 - Disposition of Property Remaining on Premises at Termination of Commercial Tenancy

Section 1993. - 1993. This chapter shall only apply to commercial real property....

Section 1993.01. - 1993.01. Notwithstanding Section 1980.5, the requirements of Sections 1982, 1987,...

Section 1993.02. - 1993.02. (a) This chapter provides an optional procedure for the...

Section 1993.03. - 1993.03. (a) If property remains on the premises after a...

Section 1993.04. - 1993.04. (a) A notice given to the former tenant that...

Section 1993.05. - 1993.05. A notice in substantially the following form given to...

Section 1993.06. - 1993.06. The personal property described in the notice shall either...

Section 1993.07. - 1993.07. (a) (1) The property described in the notice that...

Section 1993.08. - 1993.08. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 1993.02, if the...

Section 1993.09. - 1993.09. If a notice of belief of abandonment is given...

CHAPTER 6 - Assignment and Sublease

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 1995.010. - 1995.010. This chapter applies to transfer of a tenant’s interest...

Section 1995.020. - 1995.020. As used in this chapter: (a) “Landlord” includes a...

Section 1995.030. - 1995.030. Except as provided in Section 1995.270, this chapter applies...

ARTICLE 2 - Restrictions on Transfer

Section 1995.210. - 1995.210. (a) Subject to the limitations in this chapter, a...

Section 1995.220. - 1995.220. An ambiguity in a restriction on transfer of a...

Section 1995.230. - 1995.230. A restriction on transfer of a tenant’s interest in...

Section 1995.240. - 1995.240. A restriction on transfer of a tenant’s interest in...

Section 1995.250. - 1995.250. A restriction on transfer of a tenant’s interest in...

Section 1995.260. - 1995.260. If a restriction on transfer of the tenant’s interest...

Section 1995.270. - 1995.270. (a) The Legislature finds and declares: (1) It is...

ARTICLE 3 - Breach and Remedies

Section 1995.300. - 1995.300. A remedy provided by law for violation of the...

Section 1995.310. - 1995.310. If a restriction on transfer of a tenant’s interest...

Section 1995.320. - 1995.320. If a tenant transfers the tenant’s interest in a...

Section 1995.330. - 1995.330. (a) An assignee who receives or makes a transfer...

Section 1995.340. - 1995.340. (a) Subject to subdivision (b), a restriction on transfer...

CHAPTER 7 - Use Restrictions

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 1997.010. - 1997.010. This chapter applies to a restriction on use of...

Section 1997.020. - 1997.020. As used in this chapter: (a) “Landlord” includes a...

Section 1997.030. - 1997.030. Nothing in this chapter authorizes a restriction on use...

Section 1997.040. - 1997.040. (a) For the purpose of subdivision (a) of Section...

Section 1997.050. - 1997.050. Except as provided in Section 1997.270, this chapter applies...

ARTICLE 2 - Use Restrictions

Section 1997.210. - 1997.210. (a) Subject to the limitations in this chapter, a...

Section 1997.220. - 1997.220. An ambiguity in a restriction on use of leased...

Section 1997.230. - 1997.230. A restriction on use of leased property by a...

Section 1997.240. - 1997.240. A restriction on use of leased property by a...

Section 1997.250. - 1997.250. A restriction on use of leased property by a...

Section 1997.260. - 1997.260. If a restriction on use of leased property by...

Section 1997.270. - 1997.270. (a) Section 1997.260 applies to a restriction on use...