Palm Desert, Newport Beach, Irvine, and San Diego California Real Estate Attorney Analyzes What Makes a Real Estate Lease Legal

<h1>Palm Desert, Newport Beach, Irvine, and San Diego California Real Estate Attorney Analyzes What Makes a Real Estate Lease Legal</h1>Author: <a title="R. Sebastian Gibson" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/authors/r.-sebastian-gibson/86008.htm">R. Sebastian Gibson</a> In these difficult economic times, as more and more people are forced to walk away from their homes and lease a home or apartment until the economy turns around, it becomes important again to know some of the rules regarding leases in California. If you live in any of the cities in the Coachella Valley including Indian Wells, Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Cathedral City, Yucca Valley, Joshua Tree, Rancho Mirage, Desert Hot Springs, Twentynine Palms, Thermal, Indio, Coachella, La Quinta or in Orange County, San Diego or the Inland Empire in the cities of La Jolla, Del Mar, Encinitas, Carlsbad, Oceanside, San Marcos, Vista and Escondido, Huntington Beach, Westminster, Buena Park, Anaheim, Santa Ana, Costa Mesa, Irvine, Newport Beach, Corona del Mar, Laguna Beach, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Yorba Linda, Fullerton, Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga, Riverside, San Bernardino, or Temecula and if you ever lease a home, here is some basic legal information about leases.  The Statute of Frauds in California requires that a lease for more than a year must be in writing. Consequently, an oral agreement for a rental period of a year or less is still valid where the parties intended to create such a lease. Here's the tricky part to all of this. If the parties verbally agree to a year's lease before the lease goes into effect, the oral agreement is invalid as the lease will expire more than a year after the lease was made. The minimum legal components of a lease are a statement of the parties, a description of the property, the duration of the lease, the amount of the rental, and the time and manner of the rental payment. Leases usually require a great more than just those terms however. What extra terms are included are up to the parties. The failure to contain other elements does not cause the lease to be invalid. However, if the tenant is required to waive his legal rights as to security deposits, litigation, notices of hearings, suing the landlord or a landlord entering the premises, such waivers are generally void and can be attacked as contrary to public policy. Security deposits are a matter of real estate regulation. Landlords of residential (as opposed to commercial) property are limited to requiring a security deposit of two month's rent for unfurnished property and three month's rent for furnished property. A landlord can increase the security deposit by one-half a month's rent for a waterbed, but when was the last time anyone saw a waterbed?A landlord can also require that the first month's rent be paid in advance. If the lease states that late charges will be imposed for late payment of the rent, late charges are legal. Courts have held 1 ½ percent to be legal and 20 percent to be excessive. Landlord-tenant law is in many respects far more complex than basic contract law. The handbooks on landlord and tenant law are extensive and the statutory regulations are many. On top of that, the rules regarding leases differ dramatically between residential and commercial leases. When seeking the advice of an attorney regarding a commercial lease, it is helpful to hire an attorney who is also a commercial real estate broker or Realtor as such an attorney may also have additional experience in the practical aspects of commercial real estate leases.About the Author: The Sebastian Gibson Law Firm serves all of San Diego, Orange County, Palm Springs and Palm Desert, the Coastal Cities from La Jolla and Del Mar to Laguna Beach, Newport Beach, Irvine, Santa Ana and Irvine and up to Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo. We also serve the Inland Empire cities of Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga, Temecula, Riverside and San Bernardino and all the cities in the Coachella Valley. 
 
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In these difficult economic times, as more and more people are forced to walk away from their homes and lease a home or apartment until the economy turns around, it becomes important again to know some of the rules regarding leases in California.

If you live in any of the cities in the Coachella Valley including Indian Wells, Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Cathedral City, Yucca Valley, Joshua Tree, Rancho Mirage, Desert Hot Springs, Twentynine Palms, Thermal, Indio, Coachella, La Quinta or in Orange County, San Diego or the Inland Empire in the cities of La Jolla, Del Mar, Encinitas, Carlsbad, Oceanside, San Marcos, Vista and Escondido, Huntington Beach, Westminster, Buena Park, Anaheim, Santa Ana, Costa Mesa, Irvine, Newport Beach, Corona del Mar, Laguna Beach, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Yorba Linda, Fullerton, Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga, Riverside, San Bernardino, or Temecula and if you ever lease a home, here is some basic legal information about leases.

The Statute of Frauds in California requires that a lease for more than a year must be in writing. Consequently, an oral agreement for a rental period of a year or less is still valid where the parties intended to create such a lease.

Here's the tricky part to all of this. If the parties verbally agree to a year's lease before the lease goes into effect, the oral agreement is invalid as the lease will expire more than a year after the lease was made.

The minimum legal components of a lease are a statement of the parties, a description of the property, the duration of the lease, the amount of the rental, and the time and manner of the rental payment.

Leases usually require a great more than just those terms however. What extra terms are included are up to the parties. The failure to contain other elements does not cause the lease to be invalid. However, if the tenant is required to waive his legal rights as to security deposits, litigation, notices of hearings, suing the landlord or a landlord entering the premises, such waivers are generally void and can be attacked as contrary to public policy.

Security deposits are a matter of real estate regulation. Landlords of residential (as opposed to commercial) property are limited to requiring a security deposit of two month's rent for unfurnished property and three month's rent for furnished property.

A landlord can increase the security deposit by one-half a month's rent for a waterbed, but when was the last time anyone saw a waterbed?A landlord can also require that the first month's rent be paid in advance. If the lease states that late charges will be imposed for late payment of the rent, late charges are legal. Courts have held 1 ½ percent to be legal and 20 percent to be excessive.

Landlord-tenant law is in many respects far more complex than basic contract law. The handbooks on landlord and tenant law are extensive and the statutory regulations are many.

On top of that, the rules regarding leases differ dramatically between residential and commercial leases.

When seeking the advice of an attorney regarding a commercial lease, it is helpful to hire an attorney who is also a commercial real estate broker or Realtor as such an attorney may also have additional experience in the practical aspects of commercial real estate leases.

The Sebastian Gibson Law Firm serves all of San Diego, Orange County, Palm Springs and Palm Desert, the Coastal Cities from La Jolla and Del Mar to Laguna Beach, Newport Beach, Irvine, Santa Ana and Irvine and up to Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo. We also serve the Inland Empire cities of Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga, Temecula, Riverside and San Bernardino and all the cities in the Coachella Valley.

Visit our website at http://www.californiaattorneyslawyers.com . If you have a real estate, mortgage, landlord-tenant, construction law or homeowners association issue anywhere in Southern California, we have the knowledge and resources to represent you as your Palm Desert Real Estate Lawyer and San Diego Real Estate Attorney in and around cities such as San Diego, Orange County, Palm Springs, Corona del Mar, Laguna Beach, Palm Desert, Long Beach, Santa Ana, Anaheim, Riverside, Chula Vista, Irvine, San Bernardino, Huntington Beach, Fontana, Moreno Valley, Oceanside, Rancho Cucamonga, Ontario, Garden Grove, Del Mar, Palmdale, Corona, Escondido, Orange, Fullerton, Costa Mesa, Victorville, Carlsbad, Temecula, Murrieta, Mission Viejo, El Cajon, Vista, Westminster, Santa Monica, Santa Barbara, Hesperia, Newport Beach, Buena Park, Indio, Coachella, Rancho Mirage, Indian Wells, La Quinta, and Chino Hills.

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