Unit 15 California legal aspects of real
estate: landlord - tenant law Exam 2025
Questions and Answers
Tenancy - ANSWER✔️✔️-Renter's right to take exclusive possession, and use of the owners
rental unit in consideration for rent
Rental unit - ANSWER✔️✔️-Owner's house, duplex, condominium, or apartment made available
to a renter
Periodic rental agreement - ANSWER✔️✔️-month-to-month rental agreement
rental period - ANSWER✔️✔️-Length of time (days, weeks, months) between the rent payments.
security deposit - ANSWER✔️✔️-Refundable deposit at the landlord requires a tenant to pay at
the beginning of the tendency
Implied warranty of habitability - ANSWER✔️✔️-Requirement of landlords to maintain their
rental units in a condition that substantially complies with state and local building, health, and safety
codes
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, Sublease - ANSWER✔️✔️-Arrangement in which a lessee rents his or her leasehold interest to
another party. I'm
Assignment - ANSWER✔️✔️-Transfer of the entire leasehold estate to a new person
three-day notice - ANSWER✔️✔️-Notice instructing tenant to either leave the rental unit or
comply with the terms of the rental agreement
Unlawful Detainer Action - ANSWER✔️✔️-Lawsuit to remove a tenant and return the rental unit
to its owner
Writ of possession - ANSWER✔️✔️-Legal document issued by the court, commanding the tenant
to leave the premises within five days
Pam rents an apartment to Tom. The property is leased for the period from March 1 through
December 31. He has paid his rent on time and he's not violated any provisions of the rental
agreement. If she wishes to evict him at the beginning of August to get a higher-paying tenant into
the property, what must she do? - ANSWER✔️✔️-Pam cannot evict him as long as the rent is
paid, and he violates no terms of the lease.
Bob owns an apartment building in a city that has a rent control ordinance. The ordinance provides
that when a unit becomes vacant, Bob must apply to the local rent control board to increase the rent
before re-renting the unit. The requirement that Bob obtain approval to increase the rent before re-
renting the unit: - ANSWER✔️✔️-Has been preempted since the adoption of the Costa-Hawkins
act
A tenant notified the landlord with a phone call and a follow up letter that the water heater was not
working properly. After two weeks of silence from the landlord, the tenant sent an email restating
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estate: landlord - tenant law Exam 2025
Questions and Answers
Tenancy - ANSWER✔️✔️-Renter's right to take exclusive possession, and use of the owners
rental unit in consideration for rent
Rental unit - ANSWER✔️✔️-Owner's house, duplex, condominium, or apartment made available
to a renter
Periodic rental agreement - ANSWER✔️✔️-month-to-month rental agreement
rental period - ANSWER✔️✔️-Length of time (days, weeks, months) between the rent payments.
security deposit - ANSWER✔️✔️-Refundable deposit at the landlord requires a tenant to pay at
the beginning of the tendency
Implied warranty of habitability - ANSWER✔️✔️-Requirement of landlords to maintain their
rental units in a condition that substantially complies with state and local building, health, and safety
codes
FOR STUDY PURPOSES ONLY COPYRIGHT © 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1
, Sublease - ANSWER✔️✔️-Arrangement in which a lessee rents his or her leasehold interest to
another party. I'm
Assignment - ANSWER✔️✔️-Transfer of the entire leasehold estate to a new person
three-day notice - ANSWER✔️✔️-Notice instructing tenant to either leave the rental unit or
comply with the terms of the rental agreement
Unlawful Detainer Action - ANSWER✔️✔️-Lawsuit to remove a tenant and return the rental unit
to its owner
Writ of possession - ANSWER✔️✔️-Legal document issued by the court, commanding the tenant
to leave the premises within five days
Pam rents an apartment to Tom. The property is leased for the period from March 1 through
December 31. He has paid his rent on time and he's not violated any provisions of the rental
agreement. If she wishes to evict him at the beginning of August to get a higher-paying tenant into
the property, what must she do? - ANSWER✔️✔️-Pam cannot evict him as long as the rent is
paid, and he violates no terms of the lease.
Bob owns an apartment building in a city that has a rent control ordinance. The ordinance provides
that when a unit becomes vacant, Bob must apply to the local rent control board to increase the rent
before re-renting the unit. The requirement that Bob obtain approval to increase the rent before re-
renting the unit: - ANSWER✔️✔️-Has been preempted since the adoption of the Costa-Hawkins
act
A tenant notified the landlord with a phone call and a follow up letter that the water heater was not
working properly. After two weeks of silence from the landlord, the tenant sent an email restating
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