 | Check Your Signed Rental Agreement for any information on expiration dates and
procedure for terminating rentals. You should begin renewing or extending the lease in
plenty of time before it expires. Staying past the agreed lease period without the written
consent of the owner makes you a holdover tenant. For legal information on "holdover tenancy,
" refer to the California Tenants booklet available in the Community Housing Office. |
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| Notify Your Landlord in writing of the date on which you plan to move out. Make sure
to keep a copy for yourself. This must be done at least 30 days in advance of your moving date
or you may still be held liable for rent. |
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| Have Your Landlord Inspect The Apartment in your presence after you have moved all
of your things out and cleaned up. Have him sign on the Inventory Checklist, found in the
appendix, indicating that the apartment is in satisfactory condition. If the landlord refuses
to meet you or if you feel there may be a future dispute regarding any condition, take pictures
of the entire apartment after you have cleaned it. |
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| Settle All Balances on miscellaneous charges due at the beginning of the last
rental period. |
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| Notify All Utility Companies of the date you will discontinue service, at least
one week in advance. |
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| Remove All Trash And Personal Belongings including items you intend to
discard. Place furnishings in their original position. Clean all floors, bathrooms, closets,
fixtures, kitchen, utensils, etc. Remember, in order to get your full security deposit back,
your responsibility is to give back the apartment in the same condition that it was given to you.
(Refer to the following section for more information.) |
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| Return All Keys to the landlord. If you
do not, you may be assessed a key replacement charge which can be quite expensive.
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| Leave A Forwarding Address with the post office and the landlord to enable prompt
return of your deposit. |
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