Having A Tiff With Your Landlord? Or Your Tenant In Lamorinda?

By Deborah Kemp and Carey Rowan:

If you are a tenant or a landlord with questions about your legal rights, the Contra Costa Public Law Library has resources to help you find the answers.

The Contra Costa Public Law Library, with branches in Martinez, Richmond and Pittsburg, has many resources to help you with landlord-tenant issues.

We have a number of books written for the non-lawyer on landlord-tenant issues, including:

· California Tenants’ Rights, which includes information about rental deposits, health hazards and repairs;

· California Landlord’s law book: Rights and responsibilities;

· Leases and Rental Agreements; and

· California Tenants: A Guide to Residential Tenants’ and Landlords’ Rights and Responsibilities.

We also have resources on the eviction process, including books written for tenants (California Tenants’ Rights) and the landlord (California Landlord’s law book: Evictions), as well as a calendar of free workshops on housing law and eviction (http://www.cccpllib.org/housingcl.pdf).

In addition, the Library’s Self-help resources page (http://www.cccpllib.org/self-help.html) under Landlord Tenant, includes links to Contra Costa County’s website with information for tenants and landlords about the eviction process, including a video about the eviction process, access to court forms, and detailed descriptions of the eviction process. There is also a link to California’s Department of Consumer Affairs website with information about tenants’ rights.

Please stop in, visit online, or call the Contra Costa County Law Library...Your Source ForLegal Information.Our telephone number for the main branch in Martinez is (925) 646-2783. Our website provides hours and directions for all three branches as well as access to many other Library resources, including upcoming workshops. http://www.cccpllib.org/.

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El Cerrito resident Deborah Kemp is an attorney and part-time law librarian. Carey Rowan has been the Law Library Director since 2008 and previously served with libraries in Solano and Los Angeles County.

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