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For a M-to-M contract in CA: I'd like to increase the rent, but we're already a week into the month. Can a rent increase take effect in the middle of the month, with a proper 30-day notice, or do I have to wait until beginning of the next full month? Half the rent would be pro-rated at the old rate, and the other half pro-rated at the new rate.
In California, if you want to increase the rent for a month-to-month tenancy, you must provide your tenant with proper notice, which is typically 30 days for rent increases. However, the rent increase can only take effect at the beginning of the next rental period after the 30-day notice period has elapsed.
This means that if you give your tenant notice of a rent increase in the middle of the month, the increase would typically take effect at the beginning of the next rental period, which would be the start of the following month.
For example, if you provide your tenant with a 30-day notice of rent increase on March 15th, the rent increase would take effect on May 1st. The tenant would pay the old rent amount for the remainder of March and all of April, and then pay the new rent amount starting in May.
Keep in mind that any pro-rating of rent would typically apply to the current rental period and would not affect the effective date of the rent increase. Therefore, in your situation, the rent increase would still take effect at the beginning of the next full month, and any pro-rating would be based on the old and new rent amounts for the current month.
- This answer was written by AI (ChatGPT) and reviewed by the ezLandlordForms team.
