Santa Cruz County Eviction Attorney for Landlords. Evict your Tenant today - Eviction Lawyers serving Santa Cruz County, California.

If you are struggling to evict your tenant and looking to file an unlawful detainer in Santa Cruz County, you've come to the right place. We have 36 locations to meet you in California.

Lawyers from the The Attorney Group work with landlords and ensure they follow proper legal procedures when trying to evict tenants who fail to pay their rent, cause substantial damage to their leased units or common areas, or otherwise engage in criminal activities.

Evicting a Tenant

Your written lease forms the basis for most evictions. It should be detailed enough to list the rent price, lease term, how to pay the rent, the parties’ obligations, the identities of the tenants, and what acts are a material breach of the lease that affords you the right to begin eviction proceedings.

Examples of reasons or activities for which you can evict a tenant include:

• Intentionally damaging the property
• Failure to pay rent
• Contract violation
• Damage to the property
• Illegal uses of the property (drugs: sales, productions, or use)
• Nuisance to other
• Remaining after the lease is up
• Not paying rent;
• Breaching important lease agreement provisions;
• Creating a nuisance;
• Serious property damage;
• Criminal activities including threats of violence to the landlord;
• Refusing to sign a lease extension with similar terms as the original;
• Illegally subletting or assigning rights to others;
• Preventing the landlord from legally entering for repairs or showing the property;
• A terminated resident manager refusing to leave;
• Using the property for illegal purposes; and
• Failure to move after giving the landlord notice of intent to move.

You must be cautious and follow the proper procedures to evict a tenant. You cannot change the locks, enter the unit and remove the tenant’s belongings, or threaten them or you can face civil as well as criminal consequences.

TYPE OF EVICTION NOTICE(S)

3-Day Notice Pay Rent or Quit: Failure to pay rent

3-Day Notice to Vacate: Damage to the property

3-Day Notice to Cure or Quit: Violating terms of the agreement - Remaining on the property after the lease is up

3-Day Notice to Vacate: Illegal uses of the property including drug use, production, or sales. Being a nuisance to other tenants

5-Day Notice to Vacate: Forcible Entry

3/90-Day Notice to Quit: Previous Owner Holdover

Squatters in your property

30-Day Notice

60-Day Notice

By following the proper procedures, you can evict an unwanted tenant. Our highly experienced lawyers from the Eviction Attorney Group can file all necessary documents and respond if necessary to any defenses raised by a tenant. Call the Eviction Attorney Group to ensure that your rights and property are protected.

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