Daily Archives: February 2, 2019

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New Legal Hurdles for Residential Landlords

Under proposed legislation, residential landlords would face new hurdles to enforce their right to collect rent from tenants. The bill, SB 5600, would make many sweeping changes to the Residential Landlord-Tenant Act. Some of the more important proposed changes include: o giving the court discretion to relieve a tenant from being evicted o increasing the cure period for a pay rent or vacate notice from three days to fourteen days o requiring civil legal aid information be listed on the notice to pay rent or vacate o limiting the definition of rent so that it excludes late fees and charges […]