# California — Eviction notice periods for nonpayment of rent by US state — how long a landlord must wait, quoted from the state statute

For California, notice period is three days’ notice, excluding Saturdays and Sundays and other judicial holidays; notice period in days is 3; right to cure by paying is Yes. The three-day notice must require “its payment … or possession of the property”, so paying the amount stated within the three days ends the default and no unlawful detainer arises; statute is Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 1161(2), recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** California _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Notice period:** three days’ notice, excluding Saturdays and Sundays and other judicial holidays _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Notice period in days:** 3 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Right to cure by paying:** Yes. The three-day notice must require “its payment … or possession of the property”, so paying the amount stated within the three days ends the default and no unlawful detainer arises. _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statute:** Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 1161(2) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> after default in the payment of rent, pursuant to the lease or agreement under which the property is held, and three days’ notice, excluding Saturdays and Sundays and other judicial holidays, in writing, requiring its payment, stating the amount that is due, the name, telephone number, and address of the person to whom the rent payment shall be made, and, if payment may be made personally, the usual days and hours that person will be available to receive the payment (provided that, if the address does not allow for personal delivery, then it shall be conclusively presumed that upon the mailing of any rent or notice to the owner by the tenant to the name and address provided, the notice or rent is deemed received by the owner on the date posted, if the tenant can show proof of mailing to the name and address provided by the owner), or the number of an account in a financial institution into which the rental payment may be made, and the name and street address of the institution (provided that the institution is located within five miles of the rental property), or if an electronic funds transfer procedure has been previously established, that payment may be made pursuant to that procedure, or possession of the property, shall have been served upon the tenant

## Source

- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=1161.&lawCode=CCP

Last verified: 2026-09-02. Review by: 2027-09-02.
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