{"id":1873,"date":"2021-10-25T03:56:24","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T03:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/judicial-council-california-civil-jury-instructions-caci\/?page_id=1873"},"modified":"2022-05-09T19:53:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T19:53:44","slug":"caci-4308-termination-for-nuisance-or-unlawful-use-essential-factual-elements-code-civ-proc-%c2%a7-11614","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/judicial-council-california-civil-jury-instructions-caci\/caci-4308-termination-for-nuisance-or-unlawful-use-essential-factual-elements-code-civ-proc-%c2%a7-11614\/","title":{"rendered":"CACI 4308 Termination for Nuisance or Unlawful Use\u2014Essential Factual Elements (Code Civ. Proc., \u00a7\u20091161(4))"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kv2cxpto-1aa6ce98522e671841a73728cdb8e7c2\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-kv2cxpto-1aa6ce98522e671841a73728cdb8e7c2{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-kv2cxpto-1aa6ce98522e671841a73728cdb8e7c2 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-kv2cxpto-1aa6ce98522e671841a73728cdb8e7c2 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-kv2cxpto-1aa6ce98522e671841a73728cdb8e7c2 av-special-heading-h1 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >CACI 4308 Termination for Nuisance or Unlawful Use\u2014Essential Factual Elements (Code Civ. Proc., \u00a7\u20091161(4))<\/h1><div class='av-subheading av-subheading_below'><p>California Civil Jury Instructions CACI<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-91d7ccd583a503147498e120fee2ff9b hr-default  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_heading  el_before_avia_sc_search '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-avia_sc_search-f7f83518637509acfac1c9900b84c1e7\">\n#top .avia_search_element.av-avia_sc_search-f7f83518637509acfac1c9900b84c1e7 .av_searchform_wrapper{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-color:#edae44;\nbackground-color:#edae44;\n}\n#top .avia_search_element.av-avia_sc_search-f7f83518637509acfac1c9900b84c1e7 #s.av-input-field{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n#top .avia_search_element.av-avia_sc_search-f7f83518637509acfac1c9900b84c1e7 #searchsubmit{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n#top .avia_search_element.av-avia_sc_search-f7f83518637509acfac1c9900b84c1e7 .av_searchsubmit_wrapper{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n.ajax_search_response.av-avia_sc_search-f7f83518637509acfac1c9900b84c1e7{\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nmargin:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia_search_element av-avia_sc_search-f7f83518637509acfac1c9900b84c1e7  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_textblock '><search><form action='https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/judicial-council-california-civil-jury-instructions-caci\/' id='searchform_element' method='get' class='' data-element_id='av-avia_sc_search-f7f83518637509acfac1c9900b84c1e7' ><div class='av_searchform_wrapper'><input type='search' value='' id='s' name='s' placeholder='Search CACI' aria-label='Search CACI' class='av-input-field ' required \/><div class='av_searchsubmit_wrapper '><input type='submit' value='Find' id='searchsubmit' class='button ' title='View results on search page' aria-label='View results on search page' \/><\/div><input type='hidden' name='numberposts' value='8' \/><input type='hidden' name='post_type' value='page' \/><input type='hidden' name='results_hide_fields' value='post_titles,meta,image' \/><\/div><\/form><\/search><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-e878f05c31dff72941bf1e49a00d9ff5 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/judicial-council-california-civil-jury-instructions-caci\/\">CACI Jury Instructions Index<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/caci-fillable-forms.crowdsourcelawyers.com\/\">App: CACI Jury Instructions Fillable Forms Word Format<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div  class='hr av-7jb9td-4f9ec2e5e7ae6c1efd2cedd6a999d4bd hr-default  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kv2cyxxw-44dd7ba594da0662da93cc0c16aec125\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-kv2cyxxw-44dd7ba594da0662da93cc0c16aec125 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-kv2cyxxw-44dd7ba594da0662da93cc0c16aec125 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2 class=\"SS_Banner\">4308\u00a0Termination for Nuisance or Unlawful Use\u2014Essential Factual Elements (Code Civ. Proc., \u00a7\u20091161(4))<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">[<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">Name of plaintiff<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">] claims that [<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">name of defendant<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">] [and [<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">name of subtenant<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">], a subtenant of [<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">name of defendant<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">],] no longer [has\/have] the right to occupy the property because [<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">name of defendant<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">] has [created a nuisance on the property\/ [or] used the property for an illegal purpose]. To establish this claim, [<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">name of plaintiff<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">] must prove all of the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"SS_ListLabel\"><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">1.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"SS_ListItemContent\"><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">That [<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">name of plaintiff<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">] [owns\/leases] the property;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"SS_ListLabel\"><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">2.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"SS_ListItemContent\"><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">That [<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">name of plaintiff<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">] [rented\/subleased] the property to [<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">name of defendant<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">];<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"SS_ListLabel\"><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">3.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"SS_ListItemContent\"><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">That [<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">name of defendant<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">] [<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">include one or both of the following:<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">created a nuisance on the property by [<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">specify conduct constituting nuisance<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">];<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">[or]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">used the property for an illegal purpose by [<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">specify illegal activity<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">];<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"SS_ListLabel\"><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">4.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"SS_ListItemContent\"><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">That [<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">name of plaintiff<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">] properly gave [<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">name of defendant<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">] [and [<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">name of subtenant<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">]] three days\u2019 written notice to vacate the property; and<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"SS_ListLabel\"><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">5.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"SS_ListItemContent\"><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">That [<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">name of defendant<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">] [or subtenant [<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">name of subtenant<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">]] is still occupying the property.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">[A \u201cnuisance\u201d is anything that [[is harmful to health]\/ [or] [is indecent or offensive to the senses of an ordinary person with normal sensibilities]\/ [or] [is an obstruction to the free use of property, so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property]\/ [or] [unlawfully obstructs the free passage or use, in the customary manner, of any navigable lake, or river, bay, stream, canal, or basin, or any public park, square, street, or highway]\/[or] [is [a\/an] [fire hazard\/<\/span><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">specify other potentially dangerous condition<\/span><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">] to the property]].] <br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/><br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"SS_Note\">\n<h2 class=\"SS_HideShowSection SS_Expandable\"><\/h2>\n<div id=\"TRNotes_n_1\">\n<p><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">New December 2010; Revised June 2011, December 2011, May 2020, November 2020, May 2021 <br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/><br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/\">Crowdsource Lawyers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/judicial-council-california-civil-jury-instructions-caci\">https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/judicial-council-california-civil-jury-instructions-caci<\/a><span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\"><br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"SS_Note\">\n<h2 class=\"SS_HideShowSection SS_Expandable\"><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">Directions for Use<\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"TRNotes_n_2\">\n<p>Include the bracketed references to a subtenancy in the opening paragraph and in elements 4 and 5 if persons other than the tenant-defendant are in occupancy of the premises.<\/p>\n<p>If the plaintiff is the landlord or owner, select \u201cowns\u201d in element 1, and \u201crented\u201d in element 2.<\/p>\n<p>If the plaintiff is a tenant seeking to recover possession from a subtenant, include the bracketed language on subtenancy in the opening paragraph and in element 4, \u201cleases\u201d in element 1, and \u201csubleased\u201d in element 2. (Code Civ. Proc., \u00a7\u20091161(3).)<\/p>\n<p>Include the optional last paragraph defining a nuisance if there is a factual dispute and the jury will determine whether the defendant\u2019s conduct constituted a nuisance. Omit any bracketed definitional options that are not at issue in the case. For additional authorities on nuisance, see the Sources and Authority to\u00a0CACI No. 2020,\u00a0<span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">Public Nuisance\u2014Essential Factual Elements<\/span>, and\u00a0CACI No. 2021,\u00a0<span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">Private Nuisance\u2014Essential Factual Elements<\/span>. Certain conduct or statutory violations that constitute or create a rebuttable presumption of a nuisance are set forth in\u00a0Code of Civil Procedure section 1161(4). If applicable, insert the appropriate ground in element 3. (See also\u00a0Health &amp; Saf. Code, \u00a7\u200917922\u00a0[adopting various uniform housing and building codes].)<\/p>\n<p>If the grounds for termination involve assigning, subletting, or committing waste in violation of a condition or covenant of the lease, give\u00a0CACI No. 4304,\u00a0<span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">Termination for Violation of Terms of Lease\/Agreement\u2014Essential Factual Elements<\/span>. (See\u00a0Code Civ. Proc., \u00a7\u20091161(4).)<\/p>\n<p>Defective service may be waived if defendant admits timely receipt of notice. (See\u00a0<span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">Valov v. Tank<\/span>\u00a0(1985) 168 Cal.App.3d 867, 876 [214 Cal.Rptr. 546].) However, if the fact of service is contested, compliance with the statutory requirements must be shown. (<span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">Palm Property Investments, LLC v. Yadegar<\/span>\u00a0(2011) 194 Cal.App.4th 1419, 1425 [123 Cal.Rptr.3d 816].) Therefore, this instruction does not provide an option for the jury to determine whether or not defective service was waived if there was actual receipt.<\/p>\n<p>If a commercial lease requires service by a particular method, actual receipt by the tenant will not cure the landlord\u2019s failure to comply with the service requirements of the lease. (<span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">Culver Center Partners East #1,<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">L.P. v. Baja Fresh Westlake Village, Inc.<\/span>\u00a0(2010) 185 Cal.App.4th 744, 752 [110 Cal.Rptr.3d 833].) Whether the same rule applies to a residential lease that specifies a method of service has not yet been decided.<\/p>\n<p>If the lease specifies a time period for notice other than the three-day period, substitute that time period in element 4.<\/p>\n<p>For nuisance or unlawful use, the landlord is entitled to possession on service of a three-day notice to quit; no opportunity to cure by performance is required. (Code Civ. Proc., \u00a7\u20091161(4).)<\/p>\n<p>The Tenant Protection Act of 2019, local law, and\/or federal law may impose additional requirements for the termination of a rental agreement based on nuisance or illegal activity. (See\u00a0Civ. Code, \u00a7\u20091946.2(a)\u00a0[\u201cjust cause\u201d requirement for termination of certain residential tenancies], (b) [\u201cjust cause\u201d defined], (b)(1)(C) [nuisance is \u201cjust cause\u201d], (b)(1)(I) [unlawful purpose is \u201cjust cause\u201d].) For example, if the property in question is subject to a local rent control or rent stabilization ordinance, the ordinance may provide further definitions or conditions under which a landlord has just cause to evict a tenant for nuisance or unlawful use of the property. This instruction should be modified accordingly if applicable.<\/p>\n<p>See\u00a0CACI No. 4309,\u00a0<span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">Sufficiency and Service of Notice of Termination for Nuisance or Unlawful Use<\/span>, for an instruction on proper written notice.<\/p>\n<p>See also\u00a0CACI No. 312,\u00a0<span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">Substantial Performance<\/span>. <br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/><br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"SS_Note\">\n<h2 class=\"SS_HideShowSection SS_Expandable\"><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\">Sources and Authority<\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"TRNotes_n_3\">\n<p><span class=\"SS_ListLabel\">\u2022<\/span><span class=\"SS_ListItemContent\">Unlawful Detainer Based on Tenant Conduct.\u00a0Code of Civil Procedure section 1161(4).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"SS_ListLabel\">\u2022<\/span><span class=\"SS_ListItemContent\">Tenant Protection Act of 2019.\u00a0Civil Code section 1946.2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"SS_ListLabel\">\u2022<\/span><span class=\"SS_ListItemContent\">\u201cNuisance\u201d Defined.\u00a0Civil Code section 3479.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"SS_ListLabel\">\u2022<\/span><span class=\"SS_ListItemContent\">\u201cPlaintiff argues, however, that he should be allowed to amend his complaint so as to bring his action under section 1161, subdivision 4. The notice thereunder required need not be framed in the alternative. However, plaintiff has at no time, either by his three days\u2019 notice or in any of his pleadings, suggested that defendant had assigned the lease or sublet the property, or had committed waste contrary to the conditions or covenants of the lease, or maintained a nuisance on the premises, or had used the property for an unlawful purpose. Plaintiff had three opportunities to state a cause of action; if he was of the belief that facts existed which brought his case under 1161, subdivision 4, it would have been a simple matter to allege such facts, but this he did not do.\u201d (<span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">Hinman v. Wagnon<\/span>\u00a0(1959) 172 Cal.App.2d 24, 29 [341 P.2d 749].)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"SS_ListLabel\">\u2022<\/span><span class=\"SS_ListItemContent\">\u201cThe basic concept underlying the law of nuisance is that one should use one\u2019s own property so as not to injure the property of another. An action for private nuisance is designed to redress a substantial and unreasonable invasion of one\u2019s interest in the free use and enjoyment of one\u2019s property. \u2018\u2009\u201cThe invasion may be intentional and unreasonable. It may be unintentional but caused by negligent or reckless conduct; or it may result from an abnormally dangerous activity for which there is strict liability. On any of these bases the defendant may be liable. On the other hand, the invasion may be intentional but reasonable; or it may be entirely accidental and not fall within any of the categories mentioned above.\u201d\u2009\u2019 Determination whether something, not deemed a nuisance per se, is a nuisance in fact in a particular instance, is a question for the trier of fact.\u201d (<span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">Hellman v. La Cumbre Golf &amp; Country Club<\/span>\u00a0(1992) 6 Cal.App.4th 1224, 1230\u20131231 [8 Cal.Rptr.2d 293], internal citations omitted.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"SS_ListLabel\">\u2022<\/span><span class=\"SS_ListItemContent\">\u201cProper service on the lessee of a valid three-day notice to pay rent or quit is an essential prerequisite to a judgment declaring a lessor\u2019s right to possession under section 1161, subdivision 2. A lessor must allege and prove proper service of the requisite notice. Absent evidence the requisite notice was properly served pursuant to section 1162, no judgment for possession can be obtained.\u201d (<span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">Liebovich v. Shahrokhkhany<\/span>\u00a0(1997) 56 Cal.App.4th 511, 513 [65 Cal.Rptr.2d 457], internal citations omitted.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"SS_ListLabel\">\u2022<\/span><span class=\"SS_ListItemContent\">\u201cSection 1162 does not authorize service of a three-day notice to pay rent or quit by mail delivery alone, certified or otherwise. It provides for service by: personal delivery; leaving a copy with a person of suitable age and discretion at the renter\u2019s residence or usual place of business\u00a0<span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">and<\/span>\u00a0sending a copy through the mail to the tenant\u2019s\u00a0<span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">residence<\/span>; or posting\u00a0<span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">and<\/span>\u00a0delivery of a copy to a person there residing, if one can be found,\u00a0<span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">and<\/span>\u00a0sending a copy through the mail. Strict compliance with the statute is required.\u201d (<span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">Liebovich, supra<\/span>, 56 Cal.App.4th at p. 516, original italics, internal citations omitted.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"SS_ListLabel\">\u2022<\/span><span class=\"SS_ListItemContent\">\u201cIn the cases discussed\u2009\u2026\u2009, a finding of proper service turned on a party\u2019s acknowledgment or admission the notice in question was in fact received. In the present case, defendant denied, in his answer and at trial, that he had ever received the three-day notice. Because there was no admission of receipt in this case, service by certified mail did not establish or amount to personal delivery. Further, there was no evidence of compliance with any of the three methods of service of a three-day notice to pay rent or quit provided in [Code of Civil Procedure] section 1162. Therefore, the judgment must be reversed.\u201d (<span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">Liebovich, supra<\/span>, 56 Cal.App.4th at p. 518.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"SS_ListLabel\">\u2022<\/span><span class=\"SS_ListItemContent\">\u201c[Code of Civil Procedure section 1162\u00a0specifies] three ways in which service of the three-day notice may be effected on a residential tenant:\u2009\u2026\u2009. As explained in\u00a0<span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">Liebovich, supra<\/span>,\u2009\u2026\u2009, \u2018[w]hen the fact of service is contested, compliance with one of these methods must be shown or the judgment must be reversed.\u2019\u2009\u201d (<span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">Palm Property Investments, LLC, supra<\/span>, 194 Cal.App.4th at p. 1425.) <br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/><br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"SS_Heading\"><span class=\"SS_bf\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_bf\"><span class=\"SS_ib\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_ib\">Secondary Sources<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<div>12 Witkin, Summary of California Law (11th ed. 2017) Real Property, \u00a7\u00a7\u2009701, 759<\/div>\n<div>1 California Landlord-Tenant Practice (Cont.Ed.Bar 2d ed.) \u00a7\u00a7\u20098.55, 8.58, 8.59<\/div>\n<div>1 California Eviction Defense Manual (Cont.Ed.Bar 2d ed.) \u00a7\u00a7\u20096.46, 6.48, 6.49<\/div>\n<div>Friedman et al., California Practice Guide: Landlord-Tenant, Ch. 7-C,\u00a0<span class=\"SS_it\" data-housestyle=\"EMPHASIS_it\">Bases For Terminating Tenancy<\/span>, \u00b6\u20097:136 et seq. 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