Eviction and just cause in Buena Park: the local rules

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

What Buena Park's code says

Buena Park code What Buena Park's code adds
When protection starts	12 months. Applies: The tenant has lived there continuously and lawfully. § 8.60.030 · code text after a tenant has continuously and lawfully occupied a residential real property for twelve months, the owner of the residential real property shall not terminate the tenancy without just cause 12 months or more for every tenant. Applies: When adult tenants are added to the lease before an existing tenant reaches 24 months of continuous, lawful occupancy. § 8.60.030 · code text All of the tenants have continuously and lawfully occupied the residential real property for twelve months or more. 24 months or more for at least 1 tenant. Applies: When adult tenants are added to the lease before an existing tenant reaches 24 months of continuous, lawful occupancy. § 8.60.030 · code text One or more tenants have continuously and lawfully occupied the residential real property for twenty-four months or more.
Allowed at-fault reasons	Default in the payment of rent; breach of a material lease term; nuisance; waste; refusal to execute a qualifying lease extension or renewal; criminal activity or criminal threat directed at the owner or agent; unlawful assignment or subletting; refusal to allow authorized entry; unlawful use of the premises; failure of an employee, agent, or licensee to vacate after termination; failure to deliver possession after notice or accepted surrender § 8.60.030 · code text "At-fault just cause" includes any of the following:
Allowed no-fault reasons	The owner, or their spouse, partner, child, grandchild, parent or grandparent, plans to move in. § 8.60.030 · code text Intent to occupy the residential real property by the owner or their spouse, domestic partner, children, grandchildren, parents, or grandparents. Taking the property off the rental market. § 8.60.030 · code text Withdrawal of the residential real property from the rental market. A government or court order on habitability that requires moving out. § 8.60.030 · code text An order issued by a government agency or court relating to habitability that necessitates vacating the residential real property. A government or court order to vacate. § 8.60.030 · code text An order issued by a government agency or court to vacate the residential real property. A local ordinance that requires the property to be vacated. § 8.60.030 · code text A local ordinance that necessitates vacating the residential real property. The owner plans to demolish or substantially remodel the property. Applies: All demolition or remodel permits must be in hand before the notice; a substantial remodel means permitted work needing 30+ days vacant, not cosmetic. § 8.60.030 · code text Intent to demolish or to substantially remodel the residential real property.

The California rule underneath

CA state law Underneath, California law still applies. Just cause required: After 12 months of lawful occupancy, the owner may terminate only for a just cause stated in the notice (Civ. Code § 1946.2(a)). Just-cause eviction in California — the full state rule →

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Buena Park requires just cause to end a tenancy after 12 months of continuous, lawful occupancy, such as unpaid rent or owner move-in.

Eviction and just cause in Buena Park

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