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Eviction and just cause in Maywood

Maywood requires a listed reason to evict once at least 1 tenant has lived in the unit lawfully for 12 months or more. Maywood allows owner or family move-in with 60 days' written notice; the unit must be their principal residence for at least 3 years.

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Key points

  • Just cause: Maywood requires a listed reason to evict once at least 1 tenant has lived in the unit lawfully for 12 months or more.
  • Owner move-in: Maywood allows owner or family move-in with 60 days' written notice; the unit must be their principal residence for at least 3 years.

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

What Maywood's code says

Maywood code What Maywood's code adds
When protection starts
  • 12 months or more of living in the unit.
    Applies: At least 1 tenant has lived in the unit continuously and lawfully.
    § 8-17.04 · code text
    No landlord shall terminate a tenancy of an occupied rental unit if at least one (1) tenant has continuously and lawfully occupied the rental unit for twelve (12) months or more unless the landlord can demonstrate either a just-cause or no-fault just cause termination.
Allowed at-fault reasons
  • Failure to pay rent within three (3) days of written notice; violating a material lease term and not curing within ten (10) days of written notice; waste; nuisance or illegal purpose, including a crime involving a gun or deadly weapon or causing serious bodily injury (with a police report), threats of violence, or a dangerous or unsanitary condition not fixed after written notice and a reasonable cure period (a tenant who is a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking has a defense when the notice is based on those acts); refusing to sign a substantially similar renewal of similar length after a written request received at least sixty (60) days before the tenancy ends; assignment or subletting in violation of the lease; refusing reasonable access for necessary repairs after a written request; failing to vacate after a resident-manager or other job that came with the unit ends (not if the tenancy began before the job); failing to vacate after the tenant's own written notice or accepted written offer to surrender; criminal activity on the property, or criminal threats against the landlord or agent (only against the tenant who committed it)
    § 8-17.05 · code text
    If a landlord can show any of the following circumstances with respect to a termination of tenancy in a rental unit, the termination qualifies as a just cause termination.
Allowed no-fault reasons
  • Recovering the unit in good faith to imminently demolish it or permanently withdraw it from rentals under the Ellis Act.
    § 8-17.06 · code text
    A landlord seeks in good faith to recover possession in order to imminently: (a) demolish the rental unit; or (b) withdraw the rental unit permanently from rental housing use pursuant to the Ellis Act and other applicable state laws.
  • Good-faith recovery for use and occupancy by the landlord or landlord's family member as a principal residence
    Applies: Unit must be occupied as the principal residence within 90 days and for at least 3 years; only once for that person per rental complex and once in any 36 months; 60 days' written notice; not allowed against a tenant of 5+ years with a household member 60 or older or disabled, a terminally ill tenant, or a low-income tenant, unless the person moving in is similarly situated
    § 8-17.06 · code text
    A landlord seeks in good faith to recover possession of a rental unit for the use and occupancy by landlord or landlord's family member as the principal residence only once for that person for each rental complex of the landlord.

The California rule underneath

Where Maywood's rule above does not cover a situation, state law still applies. For the statewide rule on its own, see Just-cause eviction in California.

CA state law The statewide rule underneath
Just cause required
After 12 months of lawful occupancy, the owner may terminate only for a just cause stated in the notice
Applies: Covered units only (§ 1946.2(e) exempts, among others, housing built in the last 15 years and single-family homes or condos not owned by a corporation or REIT when the tenant got the required notice). If new adult tenants joined before anyone reached 24 months, all tenants need 12 months or one needs 24.
Civ. Code § 1946.2(a)
Chance to cure first
For a curable lease violation, the owner must first serve a notice to cure before a 3-day notice to quit
Civ. Code § 1946.2(c)
Just cause — new construction exemption
Housing with a certificate of occupancy issued within the previous 15 years is exempt (rolling)
Applies: Mobilehomes excepted.
Civ. Code § 1946.2(e)(7)
Just cause law sunset
§ 1946.2 is repealed on January 1, 2030 unless extended
Civ. Code § 1946.2(n)

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Frequently asked questions

Does a landlord in Maywood need a reason to evict?

Maywood requires a listed reason to evict once at least 1 tenant has lived in the unit lawfully for 12 months or more. Maywood allows owner or family move-in with 60 days' written notice; the unit must be their principal residence for at least 3 years.

General information, not legal advice.

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