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Notices in Oxnard

City law: the owner must file a termination notice and sworn proof of service with the City within 5 days after serving it.

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Notice filing: City law: the owner must file a termination notice and sworn proof of service with the City within 5 days after serving it.

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Filing a copy with the city	File termination notice and sworn proof of tenant service with City within five days after service Applies: Article I tenancy termination notice § 27-9 · code text The owner has submitted to the city, within five days after service of the notice of termination on the tenant, a true and accurate copy of the owner's written notice of termination, and proof of such service, signed under penalty of perjury by the person who effected such service, on the tenant.
What a notice must say	Every rent-increase notice must state Article II exists; tenant petition-response rights are also required unless increase follows an approved fair-return petition Applies: Rent-stabilized residential property under Chapter 27 Article II; notice to increase rent § 27-26 · code text SEC. 27-26. NOTICE REQUIREMENTS. (A) An owner of any residential real property subject to this article shall, on or before the date of commencement of a tenancy, give the tenant a written notice in a form prescribed by the city which must include the following information: (1) The existence and scope of this Chapter 27, Article II of the City Code; and (2) The tenant’s right to respond to any fair return petition filed with the city by the owner pursuant to section 27-23. (B) As part of any notice to increase rent, an owner must include: (1) Notice of the existence of this Chapter 27, Article II of the City Code; and (2) The tenant’s right to respond to any fair return petition filed with the city by the owner pursuant to section 27-23, unless such rent increase is pursuant to an approved fair return petition. (3) No rent increase shall take effect until the requirements of this article have been met. (C) When the owner and tenant have entered into a written lease, the owner must give notices to the tenant in the language used in the lease. When the owner and tenant have not entered into a written lease, the owner must give notices to the tenant in the language that the owner and tenant used to negotiate the terms of the tenancy. (Ord. No. 3013) The notice must state that, in addition to information required by federal or State law, the owner will terminate the tenancy, and it must indicate at least one at-fault or no-fault just cause reason Applies: Article I residential tenancy after thirty days continuous lawful occupancy; notice of termination of tenancy § 27-9 · code text The owner must serve a written notice in accordance with Cal. Civil Code, Sections 1946 through 1946.5, to the tenant that states that, in addition to any information required by federal or State law, the owner will terminate the tenancy, and that indicates at least one at-fault or no-fault just cause reason; The existence and scope of this article and the right to relocation assistance in limited circumstances pursuant to section 27-6 Applies: Article I tenancy-rights notice accompanying change in tenancy terms § 27-9 · code text (2) In addition to all other notice requirements specified elsewhere in this article, the owner of any residential real property is required to provide written notice to tenants of their rights under this article as follows: (a) The notice required by this article must include the following information: 1. The existence and scope of this article; and 2. The right to relocation assistance in limited circumstances pursuant to section 27-6. (b) The owner must provide tenant with the notice upon serving any notice of change in terms of tenancy. (c) The owner must provide the notice on or before the commencement of all tenancies initiated after the effective date of this chapter. The notice must be provided in the language used in the lease, in addition to English Applies: Residential property covered by Chapter 27 just-cause tenant protections; owner and tenant have entered into a written lease § 27-9 · code text When the owner and tenant have entered into a written lease, the owner must provide the notice in the language used in the lease, in addition to English. The notice must be provided in the language used to negotiate the terms of the tenancy, in addition to English Applies: Residential property covered by Chapter 27 just-cause tenant protections; owner and tenant have not entered into a written lease § 27-9 · code text When the owner and tenant have not entered into a written lease, the owner must provide the notice in the language that the owner and tenant used to negotiate the terms of the tenancy, in addition to English. At least 12-point notice of cause requirement after 30 days and no-fault relocation rights Applies: Covered Chapter 27 tenancy; lease addendum or signed written notice for tenancies begun or renewed after article commencement § 27-9 · code text The notification or lease provision shall be in no less than 12-point type, and shall include the following: “The Oxnard City Code provides that after all of the tenants have continuously and lawfully occupied the property for at least 30 days, an owner must provide a statement of cause in any notice to terminate a tenancy. In addition, Oxnard City Code provides tenants evicted for no-fault just cause with the right to relocation payments. See Chapter 27 of the Oxnard City Code for more information.”

The California rule underneath

Where Oxnard's rule above does not cover a situation, state law still applies.

CA state law The statewide rule underneath
Notice of a rent increase	At least 30 days' notice for an increase of 10% or less; at least 90 days for an increase of more than 10% Applies: The 10% is measured against the rent charged at any time in the 12 months before the increase, counting all increases in that period together. Civ. Code § 827(b)(2), (b)(3)(A)
Notice to end a month-to-month tenancy (landlord)	60 days' notice; 30 days if the tenant has lived there less than one year Applies: Where the unit is covered by just cause (Civ. Code § 1946.2) or a local ordinance, the notice must also state a qualifying cause. Civ. Code § 1946.1(b), (c)
Notice to end a month-to-month tenancy (tenant)	At least as long as the rental period (one month for a month-to-month tenancy) Civ. Code § 1946.1(b)
30-day notice when the unit is sold to an owner-occupant	30 days' notice when a separately sellable unit is in escrow to a natural person who will live there for at least a year Applies: Notice within 120 days of opening escrow, given once, and all § 1946.1(d) conditions met. Civ. Code § 1946.1(d)
Notice to pay rent or quit	3 days, not counting Saturdays, Sundays and judicial holidays, stating the amount due and how to pay Applies: May be served any time within one year after the rent became due. Code Civ. Proc. § 1161(2)
Notice to cure a lease violation or quit	3 days, not counting Saturdays, Sundays and judicial holidays, to perform the broken lease term or leave Code Civ. Proc. § 1161(3)
No fee for serving notices	A landlord may not charge the tenant a fee for serving or posting a notice Civ. Code § 1946.1(i)

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City law: the owner must file a termination notice and sworn proof of service with the City within 5 days after serving it.

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