

Planning and Zoning Regulations
The General Plan is the constitution for land use within a particular city or county. There are seven elements required in a General...


Quiet Enjoyment Between Neighbors
In all residential agreements, you are entitled to peaceful and quiet enjoyment of your home. This can include rights within the home as...


Subletting or Assigning a Rental Agreement
Unless it is prohibited in the lease, a lessee may sublease or assign his/her interest in the property to another. Sublease A sublease is...


Habitability Issues
Where there are repair problems involving the health, safety or welfare of the tenant, the landlord has a duty to make necessary repairs...


The Eviction Process
The eviction process uses an unlawful detainer (court action) to evict a tenant. A landlord may not use illegal self-help remedies such...


The Recording Process
The Recording Act of California provides that any instrument affecting title to (or possession of) real property may be recorded. A deed...


Mobile Home Laws
A mobile home is a structure designed for human habitation and includes a manufactured home. In a mobile home park the tenant-resident...


Sun, Air and View Easements
A light, air and view easement is a negative easement created by grant that prevents an adjacent landowner from building a structure or...


Succession in California
Succession is the legal transfer of a person's interests in real and personal property to as an intestate and is said to die intestate....


Trusts in California
There are several advantages to choosing a trust instead of a will to dispose of property after death. A trust may be established while...