Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in California

If I sign an application to rent an apartment, and they want me to sign the lease at the same time, in case the application is approved, and they submit the application but want a co-signer b/c of bad credit/no credit, and I don't have a co-signer, is the lease still valid?


Asked on 4/15/10, 1:37 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

David Gibbs The Gibbs Law Firm, APC

The lease is, depending upon how it is written, probably not valid until accepted and signed by the landlord. What they did is a really, really bad practice, but until it is signed by the landlord, it is not enforceable by you.

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Answered on 4/21/10, 10:35 am


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