Notices in Maywood: the local rules

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
What a notice must say	A notice of tenant rights; the Department's form is in English, Spanish and other languages as needed. Applies: Covered rental units under the Rental Stabilization chapter; before or when agreeing to rent. § 8-21.14 · code text Landlords must provide to each tenant, prior to, or at the time of, agreeing to rent or lease a covered rental unit, a notice of tenant rights under this chapter. The Department shall publish a form notice of tenant rights in English and Spanish and any other language as needed. A copy of the tenant-rights form notice attached to the written rental agreement. Applies: When entering into a rental agreement. § 8-21.14 · code text When entering into a rental agreement, by including a copy of the form notice as an exhibit or attachment to the written rental agreement; The tenant-rights form notice. Applies: When renewing a rental agreement. § 8-21.14 · code text When renewing a rental agreement; The tenant-rights form notice. Applies: When giving notice of a rent increase or decrease. § 8-21.14 · code text When providing notice of a rent increase or decrease in a covered rental unit. A statement that the tenant may owe pass-through costs and fees reviewed and approved by the Department. Applies: In the rental agreement. § 8-21.14 · code text A landlord shall include language in the rental agreement that tenant may be subject to pass-through costs and fees that have been reviewed and approved by the Department. The tenant-rights notice and pass-through cost notice, in English and in the agreement's language. Applies: The rental agreement was negotiated or written in a language other than English. § 8-21.14 · 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 and notice regarding potential pass-through costs and fees in English and the language in which the rental agreement was negotiated or written. A notice of tenant rights; the department publishes a form in English and other frequently spoken languages. Applies: Eviction-protection rights notice; before or when agreeing to rent, attached to the rental agreement, and at renewal. § 8-17.13 · 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 department shall publish a form notice of tenant rights in English and other frequently spoken languages. The tenant-rights form notice in English and in the agreement's language. Applies: The rental agreement was negotiated or written in a language other than English. § 8-17.13 · 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.

The California rule underneath

Where Maywood'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 Maywood landlord have to give?

Under state law, ending a tenancy takes 60 days' notice, or 30 days if the tenant has lived there less than 1 year.

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Notices in Maywood

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