Notices in Huntington Park: the local rules

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

What Huntington Park's code says

Huntington Park code What Huntington Park's code adds
Filing a copy with the city	Yes Applies: Ending a tenancy for just cause or no-fault; within 5 days after serving the termination notice § 8-21.8 · code text The landlord has submitted to the City, within five days after service of the notice of termination on the tenant, a true and accurate copy of the landlord's written notice of termination, and proof of such service, signed under penalty of perjury, on the tenant, through the City's Rental Registry.
What a notice must say	Written notice ending the tenancy with at least 1 at-fault or no-fault just cause reason, plus federal or state requirements Applies: Ending a tenancy for just cause or no-fault § 8-21.8 · code text The landlord must serve a written notice in accordance with Civil Code Sections 1946 through 1946.5, to the tenant that states that, in addition to any information required by federal or state law, the landlord will terminate the tenancy, and that indicates at least one at-fault or no-fault just cause reason as provided in this section; Notice of the tenant's right to relocation help or a rent waiver, and all other related rights Applies: The landlord serves a no-fault termination notice § 8-21.8 · code text If a landlord issues a notice to terminate a tenancy for no-fault, the landlord shall notify the tenant of the tenant's right to relocation assistance or rent waiver, and all other rights pursuant to this section. The notice must be in English and the language used to negotiate the tenancy Applies: Ending a tenancy for just cause or no-fault § 8-21.8 · code text The landlord must provide the notice in the language that the owner and tenant used to negotiate the terms of the tenancy, in addition to English. A notice of tenant rights under these rules Applies: Given before or when renting (attached to the written lease) and at each renewal, on the Department's form § 8-21.15 · 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.
Notice to end a tenancy	3 days (notice to quit, with no chance to cure) Applies: A curable lease violation was not fixed within the time the earlier notice allowed § 8-21.8 · code text If the violation is not cured within the time period set forth in the notice, a three-day notice to quit without an opportunity to cure may thereafter be served to terminate the tenancy.

The California rule underneath

Where Huntington Park'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 a Huntington Park landlord have to give?

City rule: a notice ending a tenancy states at least 1 just-cause reason, in English and the language used to negotiate the tenancy.

General information, not legal advice.

Notices in Huntington Park

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