California Civil Code §1954.603 requires every San Jose landlord to give tenants a written bed-bug information notice and disclose known infestations before signing a lease. SJ Code Enforcement and SCC DEH handle complaints; treatment cost typically falls on the landlord under habitability law.
Civil Code §1954.603, effective January 2017, requires every California landlord, including San Jose owners, to provide tenants a written bed-bug disclosure notice before lease signing and post the same information in common areas of buildings with three or more units. Landlords cannot show or rent a unit they know is infested. Civil Code §1954.604 obligates tenants to report suspected bed bugs and allow access for licensed pest control treatment. Treatment cost typically falls on the landlord because California habitability law (Civil Code §1941.1) treats infestations as substandard. San Jose Code Enforcement Multiple Housing Program inspects apartment complaints; SCC DEH handles commercial lodging like hotels and motels.
Landlords who fail to disclose face tenant rent-withholding, repair-and-deduct, and habitability lawsuits under Civil Code §1942. San Jose Code Enforcement may cite owners under SJMC substandard housing rules with administrative fines and abatement orders.
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