Notices in Antioch: the local rules

Each rule below links to the section of the Antioch Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Antioch's code says

Antioch code What Antioch's code adds
What a notice must say	Written notice that the tenancy is regulated by the Rent Stabilization chapter; that the tenant may file a city complaint or rent reduction petition; that the tenant may respond to a landlord fair return petition; and that no rent increase is effective until the chapter's requirements are met Applies: At the same time and with any notice to increase rent § 11-3.10 · code text At the same time and with any notice to increase rent, the landlord must deliver written notice of the following: A Spanish translation; other translations or information may be added. Applies: On the city's anti-harassment notice, given at the start of a tenancy and with any termination notice. § 11-5.04 · code text The form of notice prescribed by the city shall include a Spanish language translation of the text and may include translations in additional languages or additional information deemed necessary or convenient to effectuate the purpose of this chapter. A notice of tenant rights on the city's form, attached to the rental agreement and every renewal. Applies: Before or when agreeing to rent the unit. § 11-6.09 · code text Landlords must provide to each tenant, prior to or at the time of agreeing to rent or lease a rental unit, a notice of tenant rights under this chapter. The tenant rights notice in English and in the language the agreement was negotiated or written in. Applies: When the rental agreement was negotiated or written in a language other than English. § 11-6.09 · code text If the rental agreement is negotiated or written in a language other than English, the landlord must also provide the form notice of tenant rights in English and the language in which the rental agreement was negotiated or written, at the cost of the landlord. Notices in the lease's main language, or without a written lease, the main language used to negotiate the tenancy. Applies: For rent stabilization notices given at the start of a tenancy and with any rent increase. § 11-3.10 · code text When a landlord and tenant have entered into a written lease, the landlord must give notices to the tenant in the language primarily used in the lease. When a landlord and tenant have not entered into a written lease, the landlord must give notices to the tenant in the language that a landlord and tenant used primarily when negotiating the terms of the tenancy.

The California rule underneath

Where Antioch's rule above does not cover a situation, state law still applies.

CA state law The statewide rule underneath
Notice of a rent increase	At least 30 days' notice for an increase of 10% or less; at least 90 days for an increase of more than 10% Applies: The 10% is measured against the rent charged at any time in the 12 months before the increase, counting all increases in that period together. Civ. Code § 827(b)(2), (b)(3)(A)
Notice to end a month-to-month tenancy (landlord)	60 days' notice; 30 days if the tenant has lived there less than one year Applies: Where the unit is covered by just cause (Civ. Code § 1946.2) or a local ordinance, the notice must also state a qualifying cause. Civ. Code § 1946.1(b), (c)
Notice to end a month-to-month tenancy (tenant)	At least as long as the rental period (one month for a month-to-month tenancy) Civ. Code § 1946.1(b)
30-day notice when the unit is sold to an owner-occupant	30 days' notice when a separately sellable unit is in escrow to a natural person who will live there for at least a year Applies: Notice within 120 days of opening escrow, given once, and all § 1946.1(d) conditions met. Civ. Code § 1946.1(d)
Notice to pay rent or quit	3 days, not counting Saturdays, Sundays and judicial holidays, stating the amount due and how to pay Applies: May be served any time within one year after the rent became due. Code Civ. Proc. § 1161(2)
Notice to cure a lease violation or quit	3 days, not counting Saturdays, Sundays and judicial holidays, to perform the broken lease term or leave Code Civ. Proc. § 1161(3)
No fee for serving notices	A landlord may not charge the tenant a fee for serving or posting a notice Civ. Code § 1946.1(i)

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How much notice does an Antioch landlord have to give?

State law requires 60 days' notice to end a tenancy, or 30 days if the tenant has lived there less than 1 year.

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Notices in Antioch

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The California rule underneath

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