California Civil Code 1940.2 prohibits Thousand Oaks landlords from using force, threats, fraud, or utility shutoffs to coerce tenants out of a rental. Violations carry statutory damages up to $2,000 per violation plus actual damages and attorney fees.
Thousand Oaks has not adopted a local tenant anti-harassment ordinance like LA's TAHO, so state law governs. Civil Code 1940.2 makes it illegal for a landlord to use force, threats of force, threats of immigration enforcement, fraud, or utility/service shutoffs to influence a tenant to leave. Penal Code 418 separately prohibits forcible self-help eviction. Tenants may sue in small claims or superior court for $2,000 per violation plus actual damages, attorney fees, and injunctive relief. Documentation of harassing communications, shutoffs, or repeated unlawful entries strengthens claims.
Forcible self-help eviction, utility shutoffs, lock changes without court order, and threats of immigration enforcement expose landlords to $2,000 per violation, damages, attorney fees, and injunctions.
Thousand Oaks, CA
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Thousand Oaks, CA
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