Hill
Dli Props. LLC v. Hill
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Richardson, J.
*309 *4 INTRODUCTION
Plaintiff DLI Properties, LLC filed an unlawful detainer action against defendant Cherokee Hill after she failed to pay rent and defaulted on the parties' lease agreement. Defendant raised as an affirmative defense plaintiff's failure to comply with Civil Code section 1962 's 1 disclosure requirements. On appeal, defendant contends section 1962, subdivision (c), bars a "successor owner" from instituting eviction proceedings based on nonpayment of rent during the period of statutory noncompliance and, in her case, plaintiff did not make the required disclosures in the rental agreement. We determine that plaintiff was not a successor owner for purposes of subdivision (c) and affirm.
BACKGROUND
Defendant moved into the subject property in 2011, when she entered into a rental agreement with the owners, Prince E. Cullum, Sr. and Bernice Leola Cullum. The Cullums lost the home to foreclosure, and the property was sold to plaintiff on September 8, 2015.
Plaintiff hired Strategic Property Management, Inc. (Strategic) to manage the property. On the date of the sale, Strategic and defendant executed a new rental agreement for the premises. In the written…