Every tenant's legal guide

Understand & negotiate your lease ; get your security deposit back ; protect your right to privacy ; get repairs made.

Main Authors: Portman, Janet (Author), Stewart, Marcia (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Berkeley, CA : Nolo, 2015.
Edition: 8th Edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Finding a place to rent
  • Leases and rental agreements
  • Basic rent rules
  • Security deposits
  • Discrimination
  • Inspecting the rental unit and moving in
  • Roommates, guests, and Airbnb
  • Major repairs and maintenance
  • Minor repairs and maintenance
  • Making improvements and alterations
  • Your right to privacy
  • Injuries on the premises
  • Environmental hazards
  • Crime on the premises
  • How tenancies end or change
  • Moving out and getting your security deposit back
  • Termination notices based on nonpayment of rent and other illegal acts
  • Evictions
  • Resolving problems without a lawyer
  • Lawyers and legal research
  • State landlord-tenant law charts
  • How to use the interactive forms on Nolo Website.