California Civil Code

§ 1951.2

CIV § 1951.2Div. 3 · Title 5 · Part 4 · Ch. 2

Statute text

(a)Except as otherwise provided in Section 1951.4, if a lessee of real property breaches the lease and abandons the property before the end of the term or if his right to possession is terminated by the lessor because of a breach of the lease, the lease terminates. Upon such termination, the lessor may recover from the lessee:

(1)The worth at the time of award of the unpaid rent which had been earned at the time of termination;

(2)The worth at the time of award of the amount by which the unpaid rent which would have been earned after termination until the time of award exceeds the amount of such rental loss that the lessee proves could have been reasonably avoided;

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 89.