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Commercial Tenant Abandoned Property California: What Churches and Landlords Must Know

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Commercial tenant abandoned property California issues arise frequently when a church tenant vacates the premises—whether at the end of the rental term or unexpectedly—and leaves items behind. In many cases, these belongings are simply forgotten and later retrieved once the tenant is notified. However, it is also common for a commercial tenant to intentionally leave property behind because they no longer want it or do not wish to move it. This raises an important legal question for churches and landlords: what obligations apply when a commercial tenant abandoned property California […]

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Removing Fixtures – from a church or otherwise

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Tenants love to improve the facilities they rent by either painting the walls, installing new carpet, or mounting a video projector and screen for their Sunday service, or otherwise. In most instances, the landlord church has no problem with these improvements. The trouble however, arises at the end of the rental term when the tenant wants to remove their expensive video projector, but the landlord wants it to remain as a fixture attached to the property. If the rental agreement in silent in this regard, who gets the projector and […]

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