Table of Contents

• 1. Preliminary Issues

  • §1.01 What’s Different About UD Cases?
  • §1.02 Summary Proceeding
  • §1.03 Self-Represented Litigants
  • §1.04 Jurisdiction
  • §1.05 Venue
  • §1.06 Complaint
  • §1.07 Summons
  • §1.08 Defendant’s Responsive Pleading
  • §1.09 Amending the Complaint
  • §1.10 Proper Plaintiff
  • §1.11 Proper Defendant
  • §1.12 Commissioner or Temporary Judge
  • §1.13 Review

   

  2. Strict Notice Requirements

  • §2.01 General Notice Requirements
  • §2.02 Three-Day Notices
  • §2.03 Thirty-Day or 60-Day Notice
  • §2.04 When Is a Notice NOT Required?
  • §2.05 Service of Notice
  • §2.06 Time to Respond to Notice
  • §2.07 Review

   

  3. Landlord’s Reasons for Terminating Tenancy

  • §3.01 Introduction
  • §3.02 Default in Payment of Rent
  • §3.03 Breach of Other Terms
  • §3.04 Nuisance or Illegal Use
  • §3.05 Prohibited Assignment or Sublease
  • §3.06 Commission of Waste
  • §3.07 Terminating Without Cause
  • §3.08 Expiration of Fixed-Term Lease
  • §3.09 Tenant Abandonment
  • §3.10 Going Out of Business—Ellis Eviction
  • §3.11 Other Claims
  • §3.12 Review

   

  4. Tenant’s Defenses

  • §4.01 Specific or General Denial
  • §4.02 Breach of the Warranty of Habitability
  • §4.03 Is the Habitability Breach Substantial?
  • §4.04 Presumption of Breach and Findings
  • §4.05 Waiver of Notice to Quit
  • §4.06 Retaliatory Eviction
  • §4.07 Landlord’s Breach of Rental Agreement
  • §4.08 Discrimination
  • §4.09 Violation of Eviction or Rent Control Ordinance
  • §4.10 “Repair and Deduct”
  • §4.11 Title at Issue
  • §4.12 Constructive Eviction
  • §4.13 Unlawful Influence to Vacate
  • §4.14 Other Defenses
  • §4.15 Review

   

  5. Related Issues

  • §5.01 Subsidized Housing
  • §5.02 Claim of Right to Possession
  • §5.03 Landlord’s Right to Immediate Possession
  • §5.04 Licensed Child-Care Providers
  • §5.05 Commercial Tenancies
  • §5.06 “Self-Help” Termination Prohibited
  • §5.07 Effect of Defendant’s Bankruptcy
  • §5.08 Review

   

  6. Pretrial Through Posttrial Procedures

  • §6.01 Demurrer
  • §6.02 Motion to Quash Service and Set Aside Default Judgment
  • §6.03 Motion for Summary Judgment
  • §6.04 Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings
  • §6.05 Discovery
  • §6.06 Default and Default Hearing
  • §6.07 Trial Setting
  • §6.08 Conduct of Trial
  • §6.09 Entry of Judgment
  • §6.10 Costs and Attorney Fees/a>
  • §6.11 Writ of Possession
  • §6.12 Stay of Execution and Appeal
  • §6.13 Other Posttrial Issues
  • §6.14 Review

 

7. Related Actions

• §7.01 Forcible Entry or Detainer
• §7.02 Ejectment
• §7.03 Action to Quiet Title
• §7.04 Damage Action Against Tenant
• §7.05 Independent Action Against Landlord
• §7.06 Review

 

Resources

• Summary Procedures Chart
• Publications List
• Web Links