California Apartment Association

The California Apartment Association now has forms and an instruction sheet available to its members for complying with a pesticide-notification law taking effect Jan. 1, 2016.

Under the new regulations, landlords and apartment complex employees who apply pesticides on a rental property must first notify their tenants. Click here for the forms. Note, you’ll need to sign in to access this material.

Since 1984, California law has required specific notification requirements of pest control companies when they apply pesticides at residential properties. SB 328 by Sen. Ben Hueso, D-Logan Heights, extends these requirements to landlords, their employees and agents when they personally apply pesticides, such as over-the-counter aerosol bug sprays and foggers.

The notice requirements are mandated when owners apply the pesticides inside the units or outside in the common areas of the property.

Prior to applying the pesticide, the landlord must tell tenants in writing the pest or pests being targeted, the name or brand of the product being used, and a specific notice like that required of pest control operators.

Instruction sheet Pesticide notification forms