Notices in Ojai: the local rules

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

What Ojai's code says

Ojai code What Ojai's code adds
Filing a copy with the city	Yes: give the City a copy of the termination notice and proof of service within 5 days after serving it. Applies: For a notice ending a tenancy. § 11-2.10 · 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 by the landlord under penalty of perjury, on the tenant.
What a notice must say	That the city rent rules exist, and the tenant's right to respond to a landlord's rent adjustment application. Applies: In any rent increase notice; the response right is left out if the increase follows an approved application. § 11-1.10 · code text As part of any notice to increase rent, a landlord must include: (1) Notice of the existence of this chapter of the City Code; and (2) The tenant's right to respond to any rent adjustment application filed with the City by the landlord pursuant to Section 11-1.06, unless such rent increase is pursuant to an approved rent adjustment application. That the city rent rules exist, their scope, and the tenant's right to respond to a request above 4%. Applies: Written notice given on or before the tenancy starts. § 11-1.10 · code text A landlord of any rental unit subject to this chapter shall, on or before the date of commencement of a tenancy, give the tenant a written notice in a form prescribed by the City which must include the following information: (1) The existence and scope of this chapter of the City Code; and (2) The tenant's right to respond to any application of rent increase greater than 4% filed with the City by the landlord pursuant to Section 11-1.06. That the landlord will end the tenancy, and at least 1 at-fault or no-fault just-cause reason. Applies: In a termination notice, along with anything federal or state law requires. § 11-2.10 · code text The landlord must serve a written notice in accordance with California 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; That the city's eviction rules exist, their scope, and the right to relocation help in limited cases. Applies: Written tenant rights notice at the start of every tenancy begun after April 27, 2023, and with any change-in-terms notice. § 11-2.10 · code text The notice required by this chapter must include the following information: a. The existence and scope of this chapter; and b. The right to relocation assistance in limited circumstances pursuant to Section 11-2.07. In the lease's language, as well as English. Applies: When there is a written lease and the notice ends a tenancy. § 11-2.10 · code text When the landlord and tenant have entered into a written lease, the landlord must provide the notice in the language used in the lease, in addition to English. In the language used to negotiate the tenancy, as well as English. Applies: When there is no written lease and the notice ends a tenancy. § 11-2.10 · code text When the landlord and tenant have not entered into a written lease, the landlord must provide the notice in the language that the landlord and tenant used to negotiate the terms of the tenancy, in addition to English.

The California rule underneath

Where Ojai'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 Ojai landlord have to give?

Ojai requires landlords to give the City a copy of each termination notice and proof of service within 5 days of serving it. State law requires 60 days' notice to end a tenancy, or 30 days if the tenant has lived there less than 1 year.

General information, not legal advice.

Notices in Ojai

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