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Relocation payments in Mendocino County

In unincorporated areas, the county requires 3 months of fair market rent plus utilities, or substitute housing, for unsafe-condition moves. Under county rules, relocation help is due when the order to vacate issues, or within 1 week of the eviction notice.

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Key points

  • Relocation pay: In unincorporated areas, the county requires 3 months of fair market rent plus utilities, or substitute housing, for unsafe-condition moves.
  • Payment timing: Under county rules, relocation help is due when the order to vacate issues, or within 1 week of the eviction notice.

Each rule below links to the section of the Mendocino County Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Mendocino County's code says

Mendocino County code What Mendocino County's code adds
Amount
  • Adequate, legal substitute housing at no extra cost to the tenant while they must stay out.
    Applies: One of 2 relocation options (the other is a payment), set out in a written tenant-owner agreement.
    § 18.14.030 · code text
    The property owner shall provide, at no additional expense to the tenant, adequate and legal housing for the period that the tenant is required to vacate the structure, as evidenced by a written agreement between the tenant and property owner;
  • 3 months of fair market rent, plus utilities.
    Applies: The relocation payment option; fair market rent from the latest HUD schedule for the county and unit size computed by HUD standards.
    § 18.14.030 · code text
    The property owner shall provide a relocation payment which is equal to three (3) months' fair market rent, plus utilities, as established by the most current Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) schedule of fair market rents in the County for a dwelling unit which size shall be appropriately computed based upon tenant household size and according to HUD standards.
When it is paid
  • When the order to vacate is issued, or within 1 week of serving the eviction notice.
    Applies: Orders or eviction notices due to unsafe or hazardous conditions.
    § 18.14.030 · code text
    Relocation assistance shall be provided upon the order of the Building Official, the Health Officer or other appropriate County Officer to vacate any premises due to unsafe or hazardous conditions, or within one (1) week of the service by a landowner upon a tenant of a Notice of Eviction due to unsafe or hazardous conditions.
When relocation is owed
  • An order to vacate, or an eviction notice, due to unsafe or hazardous conditions.
    § 18.14.030 · code text
    Eviction notification and relocation assistance, as provided in this Section, shall be provided by a landowner to any tenant upon an order of the Building Official or Health Officer to vacate any premises due to unsafe or hazardous conditions, or upon service by a landowner of a Notice of Eviction due to unsafe or hazardous conditions.

The California rule underneath

CA state law Underneath, California law still applies. No-fault eviction relocation assistance: One month's rent (as relocation payment or rent waiver), paid within 15 calendar days of the notice (Civ. Code § 1946.2(d)(3)(A)). Relocation under California's just-cause law — the full state rule →

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Frequently asked questions

Does a Mendocino County landlord have to pay relocation?

In unincorporated areas, the county requires 3 months of fair market rent plus utilities, or substitute housing, for unsafe-condition moves. Under county rules, relocation help is due when the order to vacate issues, or within 1 week of the eviction notice.

General information, not legal advice.

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