When there is no usage or contract to the contrary, rents are payable at the termination of the holding, when it does not exceed one year. If the holding is by the day, week, month, quarter, or year, rent is payable at the termination of the respective periods, as it successively becomes due.

(Enacted 1872.)

Terms Used In California Civil Code 1947

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See California Civil Code 14