Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in California

In a commercial lease, the tenant moved at the end of the lease and took the water heater. Is he responsible for replacing it? I believe there was a water heater there when he moved in but that he replaced it with a larger water heater.


Asked on 2/13/19, 11:09 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Gerald Dorfman Dorfman Law Office

Usually a commercial lease will address the question of "fixtures". In the absence of any mention in the lease (and no other agreement regarding the topic), an item such as a water heater would generally become part of the property, and should not have been removed at the end of the tenancy.

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Answered on 2/13/19, 11:52 am


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