California Civil Code 1987 – (a) The personal property described in the notice shall be …
(a) The personal property described in the notice shall be released by the landlord to the former tenant or, at the landlord’s option, to any person reasonably believed by the landlord to be its owner if that tenant or other person pays the reasonable cost of storage and takes possession of the property not later than the date specified in the notice for taking possession.
(b) Where personal property is not released pursuant to subdivision (a) and the notice stated that the personal property would be sold at a public sale, the landlord shall release the personal property to the former tenant if he or she claims it prior to the time it is sold and pays the reasonable cost of storage, advertising, and sale incurred prior to the time the property is withdrawn from sale.
Terms Used In California Civil Code 1987
- Landlord: means any operator, keeper, lessor, or sublessor of any furnished or unfurnished premises for hire, or his or her agent or successor in interest. See California Civil Code 1980
- Owner: means any person other than the landlord who has any right, title, or interest in personal property. See California Civil Code 1980
- personal property: include money, goods, chattels, things in action, and evidences of debt. See California Civil Code 14
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- property: includes property real and personal. See California Civil Code 14
- Tenant: includes any paying guest, lessee, or sublessee of any premises for hire. See California Civil Code 1980
(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the landlord shall release the personal property described in the notice to the former tenant and shall not require the former tenant to pay the cost of storage if the property remained in the dwelling and the former tenant or other person reasonably believed by the landlord to be its owner reclaims the property within two days of vacating the dwelling.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 560, Sec. 7. (AB 2521) Effective January 1, 2013.)