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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Section 1950

Citation
Section 1950
Parent Document
Granberry v. Islay Investments, 889 P.2d 970 (1995)
Jurisdiction
California (state)
Effective Date
1995-03-06

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The majority's holding upsets this statutory scheme, for a tenant who brings an action to recover security now may be faced with unanticipated claims of setoff the landlord has never before asserted. The tenant's action is made not only unpredictable but more complicated. Undoubtedly, in light of the majority's creation of a landlord's right to setoff in actions to recover security, many tenants will now conclude that it is not worth the effort to bring such an action, just as they did before section 1950.5 — hardly the result the Legislature intended in enacting this consumer protection statute.