Is sending an email adequate notice of rent increase?

If it is for a California home & sent more than 35 days before the rent increase would this meet the requirements for adequate notice?

Landlord2012-11-20T10:25:41Z

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No, it has to be in writing, with an ink signature. I have even seen judges feel the signatures to make sure they have the ink copy.

Classy Granny2012-11-20T16:40:05Z

No. It needs to be in writing and the increase can't start for 30 days

R P2012-11-20T11:34:59Z

No it is not adequate notice and will not stand up in court.

D.E.B.S.2012-11-20T08:39:45Z

In person or by mail are the only methods listed for California. Also, if all tenants have been there more than a year then 60 day notice is required; not just 30.

"A landlord's notice of rent increase must be in writing. The landlord may deliver a copy of the notice to you personally. In this case, the rent increase takes effect in 30 or 60 days from the date the notice is delivered.

Alternately, the landlord may mail the notice to you, with proper postage and addressed to you at the rental unit. If the landlord mails the notice, he or she must give you an additional five days' notice. That means the landlord would have to give you 35 days' notice from the date of mailing if the rent increase is 10 percent or less. If it is more than 10 percent, 65 days' notice is required."

acermill2012-11-20T08:38:53Z

No, and neither is a text message. When dealing in real estate matters, the courts rarely recognize anything other than old fashioned 'black on white', delivered via conventional means (personal delivery or mail)

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