AB 863 (Kalra D) Residential rental properties: language requirements.

Current Text: Enrollment: 9/4/2025 html pdf
Last Amend: 8/18/2025
Status: 9/4/2025-Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 70. Noes 1.).
Location: 9/4/2025-A. ENROLLMENT
Summary: Current law outlines requirements for civil actions for unlawful detainer filed by landlords to
remove tenants from their properties. Current law also requires plaintiffs to ensure service of a
summons and complaint to defendants in civil suits, as specified. Current law requires a summons to
contain, among other things, (1) a direction that the defendant file with the court a written pleading in
response to the complaint within 30 days after service on the defendant, (2) a notice that, unless the
defendant responds, default will be entered upon application of the plaintiff, (3) a statement advising
the defendant of their right to seek an attorney, and (4) an introductory legend at the top of the
summons, in English and Spanish, notifying the defendant that they have been sued. This bill would
require the Judicial Council to create, by January 1, 2027, a single summons form for mandatory use in
an action for unlawful detainer to remove a tenant from a residential property that includes the
information specified above in English, Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, and Korean.