Notices in Union City: the local rules

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

What Union City's code says

Union City code What Union City's code adds
Notice of a rent increase	30 days' notice before the increase. Applies: For an increase of 10% or less, under state law, repeated in the city's required rent review notice. § 5.55.030 · code text Under Civil Code Section 827(b) a landlord must provide a tenant with 30 days' notice prior to a rent increase of 10% or less and 60 days' notice of a rent increase of greater than 10%. 60 days' notice before the increase. Applies: For an increase of more than 10%, under state law, repeated in the city's required rent review notice. § 5.55.030 · code text Under Civil Code Section 827(b) a landlord must provide a tenant with 30 days' notice prior to a rent increase of 10% or less and 60 days' notice of a rent increase of greater than 10%.
What a notice must say	The reason for ending the tenancy. Applies: In a notice of termination. § 5.50.060 · code text In order terminate a residential tenancy of a rental unit or otherwise endeavor to recover possession of a rental unit, a landlord must send the tenant a notice of termination that contains the reason for termination of the tenancy in accordance with Section 5.50.040(E). The landlord's name, address and phone number. Applies: In a notice that rent review is available. § 5.55.030 · code text All notices of the availability of rent review shall be in writing, shall provide the name, address and phone number of the landlord and shall be personally delivered to the tenant or mailed to the tenant at the address of the tenant's residential property. Notice that the city's rent review process is available. Applies: Whenever the landlord gives notice of any rent increase. § 5.55.030 · code text In addition to the notice of a rent increase required by Civil Code Section 827(b), and at the time when a landlord provides notice of any rent increase, the landlord shall also provide notice of the availability of the rent review procedure established by this chapter. It must be given in the 3 main languages spoken in the city. Applies: For the notice that rent review is available. § 5.55.030 · code text The notice of availability of rent review required by subsection C of this section shall be provided by the landlord at the time when a landlord provides notice of any rent increase in the three predominant languages spoken in the City. A proof of service. Applies: In each notice of tenant rights. § 5.50.070 · code text Each notice shall include a proof of service. A notice of tenant rights in the 3 main languages spoken in the city. Applies: For the notice of tenant rights. § 5.50.070 · code text Landlords must provide to each tenant in a rental unit a notice of tenant rights under this chapter in the three predominant languages spoken in the City. A notice of tenant rights. Applies: Given with a notice of termination. § 5.50.070 · code text With a notice of termination;

The California rule underneath

Where Union City'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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Frequently asked questions

How much notice does an Union City landlord have to give?

State law: 60 days' notice to end a tenancy, or 30 days if the tenant has lived there less than 1 year. City rule: a termination notice must state the reason and come with a notice of tenant rights in the city's 3 main languages.

General information, not legal advice.

Notices in Union City

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