Private National Mortgage Acceptance Company LLC v. Kamie Stanko
Published: Apr. 14, 2012 | Result Date: Feb. 27, 2012 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |Case number: 11U04495 Bench Decision – Defense
Court
L.A. Superior Santa Monica
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Defendant
Ronald N. Richards
(Law Offices of Ronald Richards & Associates, APC)
Facts
Private National Mortgage Acceptance Co. LLC purchased a property at a foreclosure sale. The company then served the renter, Kamie Stanko, a three-day "pay rent or quit" notice, claiming she had stopped paying her monthly rent of $2,500. Stanko had not paid rent in over a year, racking up $22,500 in back rent. Stanko was never a tenant of plaintiff.
Settlement Discussions
Stanko offered to pay rent when the case was initially filed, but plaintiff refused the offer.
Result
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Lawrence H. Cho turned down the company's attempt to evict Stanko. New owners of foreclosed properties were required to give tenants 90 days' notice before eviction under the 3-year-old Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act. Judge Cho granted Stanko's motion to quash the eviction complaint. Judge Cho also ruled that any back rent would accrue from the filing of the 90 day notice and not before. The 90 day notice was inviolable.
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