AB 832 (COVID Rental Housing Recovery Act), which extended California’s eviction moratorium, requires landlords to serve a new informational notice on certain residents by the end of July.
Assembly Bill 832 extends the COVID rent moratorium, which was set to expire on June 30, 2021, for three additional months through September 30, 2021. Please see C.A.R.'s Q&A "State Rent Moratorium Extension and the COVID Rental Housing Recovery Act (AB 832)."
Highlights:
• This is the third informational notice required as part of the COVID-19 Tenant Relief Act and its extension.
• It must be served on all residents who, as of July 1, 2021, owe rent or other amounts due under the rental agreement that were originally due on or after March 1, 2020.
• The notice should not be served on residents whose rent and other payments are current.
• The notice is not required if the resident has moved out.
• It must be served on all residents with past due amounts – regardless of whether
a 15-day notice has been served for any past due amount, and regardless of whether the resident has provided a Declaration of COVID-19 Related Financial Distress.
• Starting July 1, 2021, new 15-day notices cannot be served unless the resident has been served the new informational notice.
• The informational notice can be served at the same time as a 15-day notice.
• If served alone, the Informational Notice can be served by “mail only.”
• If served together with the 15-day notice, the service rules for the 15-day notice must be followed.
Please read C.A.R's Q & A regarding this notice.
Source: Santa Cruz County Association of REALTORS®
