Bill > A490

Introduced Session

Current law does not address the issue of property left by a deceased tenant who has no executor, administrator, or representative. This bill establishes that there is good cause for the removal of a tenant where the tenant has died and no executor, administrator, or representative has come forward to make decisions on behalf of the estate. The bill also establishes grounds for a landlord to remove property from a unit after the death of a tenant under certain circumstances. The bill provides that property will be considered abandoned after the death of a tenant if no executor, administrator, or representative contacts the landlord within 21 days of the tenant's death. The removal of property would be authorized if the landlord has not been contacted by an executor, administrator, or representative of the estate within 21 days of the death of the tenant. If an executor, administrator, or representative of the estate contacts the landlord and the situation is not resolved, the landlord would need to obtain a warrant of removal from a court and notify the executor, administrator, or representative, by certified mail, that the property will be removed pursuant to the warrant of removal. The bill requires written notice to be sent by certified mail to any cosigner for the apartment, or any previously known occupant listed by the deceased tenant, in addition to any executor, administrator, or representative of the estate.

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Annette Chaparro (D)*,  Jamel Holley (D)*,  Jay Webber (R)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Housing Committee (on 01/14/2020)