How to handle security deposits, evictions, lease termination, and habitability issues — for renters and landlords.
California security deposit law caps most residential deposits at one month’s rent and requires landlords to return the deposit, with an itemized statement of any deductions, within 21 calendar days of move-out.
A step-by-step look at the Pennsylvania eviction timeline: the notice to quit, filing the complaint, the hearing set 7 to 15 days later, the judgment, the 10-day appeal window, the order for possession, and removal by a constable, with the deadline that governs each stage.
The legal grounds that let a California tenant end a fixed-term lease early without owing the remaining rent, and what a tenant owes when no ground applies.
How to end a Florida residential lease early: the statutory grounds under Chapter 83 that avoid a penalty, the two-month cap on early termination fees, and what a tenant owes for an ordinary breach.
Ohio has no lease-buyout statute, but several situations let a tenant end a lease early without penalty: ending a periodic tenancy with proper notice, an uninhabitable unit, illegal landlord entry, or military orders. Here is what each ground requires and what a tenant owes for leaving early.
When a Pennsylvania tenant can end a lease early without owing extra rent: military service under the SCRA, uninhabitable conditions, early-termination and buyout clauses, and what happens to rent liability and the security deposit when no legal ground applies.
An Ohio eviction is a court case called forcible entry and detainer. Here is each stage in order, from the 3-day notice through filing, service, the hearing, and the writ of restitution, with the statutory deadlines that shape the timeline.
Ohio’s 3-day notice to leave the premises carries required statutory language under ORC 1923.04. Here are the notice types, the mandatory wording, and how each notice is served.
The written notices a Florida landlord must deliver before filing to evict: the 3-day notice for unpaid rent, 7-day cure and no-cure notices for lease violations, the 30-day month-to-month notice, and the ways each may be served.
What “squatters’ rights” really means in Florida: the 7-year adverse possession rule and tax requirement under Fla. Stat. 95.18, why occupying a home is usually trespass, and the 2024 sheriff-removal remedy for unlawful occupants.
How much a landlord can raise rent in California under the Tenant Protection Act (AB 1482): the 5% plus CPI cap, the 10% annual ceiling, which units are exempt, the required notice periods, and how local rent control changes the answer.
What “squatters’ rights” mean in California: the five-year adverse possession rule, the difference between a trespasser and an established occupant, and the lawful unlawful detainer process an owner uses to remove a squatter through the courts.