# Rules of month to month tennancy in California

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 8, 2006, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-of-month-to-month-tennancy-in-california/359822 "2006-06-08T00:38:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-of-month-to-month-tennancy-in-california/359822/1 "2006-06-08T00:38:54Z")

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Obviously this is hypothetical, because I live in Canada.

So - if a person was living somewhere in California (LA, for instance), and they had not signed a lease and had no formal contract, what sort of notice would they be legally required to give their landlord.

For the sake of arguement, lets say that the person in question was renting a room in the home of the landlord, as opposed to a separate residence.

Even an appropriate link would be swell. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-of-month-to-month-tennancy-in-california/359822/2 "2006-06-08T00:58:53Z")

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[California Tenants - A Guide to Residential Tenants’ and Landlords’ Rights and Responsibilities.](http://www.dca.ca.gov/legal/landlordbook/moving-out.htm)

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> To end a periodic rental agreement (for example, a month-to-month agreement), you must give your landlord proper written notice before you move.
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> You must give the landlord the same amount of notice as there are days between rent payments. This means that if you pay rent monthly, you must give the landlord written notice at least 30 days before you move. If you pay rent every week, you must give the landlord written notice at least seven days before you move.
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**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-of-month-to-month-tennancy-in-california/359822/3 "2006-06-08T01:21:20Z")

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Ah, very good.

Thanks for that.

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**Author:** ![PBear42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PBear42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PBear42)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-of-month-to-month-tennancy-in-california/359822/4 "2006-06-08T15:20:03Z")

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Be aware, however, that rent control laws can prevent termination of even a month-to-month tenancy except for cause. Summary of the SF rules on the subject [here](http://www.patsys.com/) (with link to actual ordinance and regs). And, yes, note that this includes a roommate in a single family household.