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Civil Procedure

Jan. 24, 2024

LA County's COVID-era eviction notice requirement is struck down

The California Apartment Association said Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff's decision was a legal victory for landlords.

A Superior Court judge struck down Los Angeles County's 30-day eviction notice requirement for COVID-19 rental debt, finding that it contradicts the state's three-day notice period for rent delinquency.

"The 30-day notice provision has nothing to do with the substantive grounds for eviction; it is purely procedural and merely delays the landlord's ability to initiate the summary nature of the remedy," Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff wrote in his Jan. 18 order, gran...

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