Is a landlord permitted to enter a residential unit of an apartment block without a search warrant?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Dromy v. Lukovsky, 161 Cal.Rptr.3d 665 (Cal. App. 2013):
Section 1954 forbids the landlord from entering a dwelling, except in specified circumstances. ( Spinks v. Equity Residential Briarwood Apartments (2009) 171 Cal.App.4th 1004, 1049, 90 Cal.Rptr.3d 453.) Subdivision (a) of section 1954 states that a landlord may enter a dwelling unit only in the following cases:
(1) In case of emergency.
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