Maywood · Renting & eviction
Renting in Maywood: the rules that apply
Maywood adds its own Rental Stabilization and eviction-protection rules on top of state law, including just cause, relocation pay for every no-fault eviction, buyout rules and anti-harassment rules. Landlord entry is left to state law.
Key points
- Just cause: Maywood requires a listed just cause once at least 1 tenant has lived in the unit continuously and lawfully for 12 months or more.
- Relocation pay: Maywood requires 3 times monthly rent for every no-fault eviction, including owner or family move-in, half paid within 15 days of the notice.
- Extra month: Maywood adds 1 month's rent for tenants 60+, disabled, lower-income, with a child under 18 or 5+ years' tenancy, if proved within 10 days.
- Rent increases: Tenants of covered units may petition Maywood's Department over a noncompliant rent increase within 180 days of when they knew or should have known.
- Tenant-rights notice: Maywood landlords of covered units give the city's tenant-rights form notice with the rental agreement, at renewal and with any rent increase notice.
- Buyouts: Maywood buyouts need a written, department-approved agreement given at least 45 days before signing; tenants may cancel up to 30 days after signing.
Each rule below is marked Maywood code or CA state law and links to the section it comes from (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.
Rent increases
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CA state law Underneath, California law still applies. Rent cap right now: 8.7% for increases taking effect August 1, 2026 through July 31, 2027 (5% plus 3.7% inflation) (Civ. Code § 1947.12(a)(1), (g)). California's statewide rent cap — the full state rule →
Eviction and just cause
Maywood code Maywood requires a listed just cause once at least 1 tenant has lived in the unit continuously and lawfully for 12 months or more.
All 4 Maywood rules on eviction and just cause, with the code text and the state law underneath →
Relocation payments
Maywood code Maywood requires 3 times monthly rent for every no-fault eviction, including owner or family move-in, half paid within 15 days of the notice. Maywood adds 1 month's rent for tenants 60+, disabled, lower-income, with a child under 18 or 5+ years' tenancy, if proved within 10 days.
All 4 Maywood rules on relocation payments, with the code text and the state law underneath →
Notices
Maywood code Maywood landlords of covered units give the city's tenant-rights form notice with the rental agreement, at renewal and with any rent increase notice.
All 8 Maywood rules on notices, with the code text and the state law underneath →
Security deposits
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CA state law Underneath, California law still applies. Security deposit cap: One month's rent, on top of the first month's rent (Civ. Code § 1950.5(c)(1), (c)(6)). Deposit return deadline: 21 calendar days after the tenant moves out, with an itemized statement of any deductions (Civ. Code § 1950.5(h)(1)). California security deposit law — the full state rule →
Retaliation
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CA state law Underneath, California law still applies. Retaliation protection period: For 180 days after a tenant complains about habitability (to the landlord or an agency), the landlord may not evict, raise rent or cut services in retaliation (Civ. Code § 1942.5(a), (b)). Retaliatory eviction in California — the full state rule →
Harassment and lockouts
Maywood code Interrupt, terminate, reduce, or fail to provide required housing services, or threaten to do so; or violate California Civil Code Sections 789.3 and 1940.2, except when necessary to comply with a court order or local or state law Failing to make required repairs and maintenance.
All 26 Maywood rules on harassment and lockouts, with the code text and the state law underneath →
Repairs and habitability
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CA state law Underneath, California law still applies. Duty to keep the unit habitable: The landlord must deliver a unit fit to live in and repair conditions that make it untenantable (Civ. Code § 1941). Repair and deduct: A tenant may make a repair the landlord neglects and deduct the cost from rent, up to one month's rent, no more than twice in any 12 months (Civ. Code § 1942(a)). Habitability and repair-and-deduct — the full state rule →
Landlord entry
CA state law Maywood has no rule of its own on this, so California law applies. Landlord entry notice: Reasonable written notice, presumed to be 24 hours, and entry only during normal business hours (Civ. Code § 1954(d)(1), (e)). Landlord entry notice in California — the full state rule →
Buyout agreements
Maywood code Maywood buyouts need a written, department-approved agreement given at least 45 days before signing; tenants may cancel up to 30 days after signing.
All 7 Maywood rules on buyout agreements, with the code text →
Hotel and short-term rental tax
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Who this affects
Frequently asked questions
How much can rent go up in Maywood?
Tenants of covered units may petition Maywood's Department over a noncompliant rent increase within 180 days of when they knew or should have known.
How much can a Maywood landlord charge for a security deposit?
Maywood's code: No more than the deposit charged at the start of the tenancy; no increases during the tenancy. (Covered rental units under the Rental Stabilization chapter.) (§ 8-21.11). State law: One month's rent, on top of the first month's rent (Civ. Code § 1950.5(c)(1), (c)(6)).
What is the hotel tax on short-term rentals in Maywood?
Maywood's code: 5% of the rent. (§ 3-5.303); The operator collects the tax from each guest at the same time as the rent. (§ 3-5.305).
General information, not legal advice.
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