Los Angeles Eviction Lawyer Blog

A lodger is a person who lives in a room in a house where the owner live.  The owner can enter all areas occupied by the longer and has overall control of the house.  Most lodgers have the same rights as a tenant.

However, in the case of a single lodger in a house where there are no other lodgers, the owner can evict the lodger without using formal eviction proceedings.  The owner can give the lodger written notice than the lodger cannot continue to use the room.  The amount of notice must be teh same as the number of days between rent payments (for example, 30 days).  When the owner has given the lodger proper notice and the time has expired, the lodger has no further right to remain in the owner’s house and may be removed as a trespasser.