AB 1482 exemption notice for California landlords

• Statewide rent cap (Tenant Protection Act). For units the act covers, rent can rise by at most 5% plus the local change in the cost of living (CPI), and never more than 10%, over any 12 months, in no more than two increases. The base is the lowest rent charged in the prior 12 months. The CPI used is the April-to-April change for the metro area (California CPI where no metro index exists); increases taking effect on or after August 1 use the current year's April. Many units are exempt, including housing first occupied within the last 15 years, and a single-family home or condo owned by a natural person when the lease carries the required exemption notice. A city rent control law can set a lower cap. Cal. Civ. Code 1947.12 Summary checked 2026-10-17.
• Just cause to end a tenancy (Tenant Protection Act). Once a tenant has lived in a covered unit for 12 months, the owner needs a just cause listed in the statute to end the tenancy. For a no-fault cause (such as the owner moving in), the owner pays relocation assistance of one month's rent within 15 calendar days of serving the notice, or waives the final month's rent instead. If an adult tenant is added before an existing tenant reaches 24 months, just cause applies once every tenant has lived there 12 months or more, or once any one tenant has lived there 24 months or more. The same exemptions as the rent cap apply. Cal. Civ. Code 1946.2 Summary checked 2026-10-17.

General information, not legal advice. Check the source before you act. City ordinances can add rules. Check your city or county housing office.

• Who owns the property: you personally, an LLC or corporation, or a trust
• Whether the home is a single-family home or condo that can be sold separately
• The year the unit was first occupied
• The current lease and any addendum, to see whether the exemption notice is in it
• The exact notice wording, from Civ. Code 1946.2 and 1947.12 at the links below