Exemptions

Properties are exempt from AB 1482's just cause eviction requirements if they meet one of the following criteria:

1. A single-family home or condominium, if the owner is not a real estate investment trust, a corporation, or an LLC with a corporate member — and only if the tenant received written notice of the exemption
2. A property that received its certificate of occupancy within the past 15 years
3. A duplex where the owner lived in one unit as their principal residence at the start of the tenancy and still lives there
4. Housing where the tenant shares a bathroom or kitchen with the owner, who lives at the property, including single-family owner-occupied residences
5. Housing that is deed-restricted as affordable housing
6. Housing owned by a nonprofit hospital, religious facility, or licensed care facility, and school dormitories

If you live in an exempt single-family home or condominium, the landlord should have provided a notice of exemption as part of your lease or an amendment to it. Without that notice, the just cause protections may still apply. A local just cause ordinance adopted on or before September 1, 2019 — or a later one with stronger protections — applies in place of the state law.