Legal Question in Business Law in California

"i rent a commercial place but in the building is an apartment were i live, can i get evicted under commercial laws"


Asked on 1/10/14, 12:14 pm

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Bryan Whipple Bryan R. R. Whipple, Attorney at Law

I would suspect, but do not know for sure, that if you rent a commercial building which contains an apartment, you could be evicted from the commercial portion of the building under the less-strict commercial rules, but that the residential rules would apply to evicting you from the portion of the structure that was rented to you as your dwelling. This assumes the lease or rental agreement identifies part of the premises as residential and that you haven't just set up a "crash pad" within your commercial building without the landlord's knowledge and permission.

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Answered on 1/12/14, 10:11 am


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