When does the notice have to go out?
An increase starts when the notice period has run, not when you decide it does. Tell us the day you want the new rent to begin and we work backwards to the last day you can act. Not sure which rules cover you? Check your address first.
One thing most owners miss: posting a notice is not serving it. Code of Civil Procedure §1013 adds five calendar days when it goes in the mail, so the envelope has to leave five days before the hand-delivered deadline.
How far ahead does a rent increase notice have to go out?
A notice period is the warning a tenant is owed before a new rent starts, counted backwards from the day the increase takes effect. How long that warning has to be depends on the jurisdiction and on how large the increase is, and the way you serve it matters too: serving by mail or by posting adds time on top of the notice itself. This tool covers the City of Los Angeles RSO, unincorporated Los Angeles County, Santa Monica, West Hollywood, Pasadena and AB 1482. Tell it the date you want the new rent to start and how you plan to serve, and it works back to the last day the notice can leave your hands, with the rule behind each step.