As with most business relationships, dealings between tenants and landlords are growing increasingly digital — and that usually leads to greater convenience.
Take last year’s CAA-sponsored bill that allows tenants to receive their security deposit refunds by direct deposit. That change makes it easier for everyone.
But digital communication doesn’t meet legal muster on all fronts.
In this L.A. times piece, a landlord asks if using email to notify a tenant of termination of tenancy is legal. It isn’t. In fact, landlords have to face very specific steps to inform tenants they’re facing eviction.
Should this change? And if so, should a digital component to notification be permitted?