These Terms of Service ("Terms") are an agreement between you and LawfulRent ("LawfulRent," "we," "us"). By using lawfulrent.com or rentdesk.contentdrip.ai (the "Site"), joining the founding list, or subscribing to the service (together, the "Service"), you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.
LawfulRent provides: (a) general published information about California and Los Angeles-area rent-increase rules, compiled from official sources and displayed with the date we last verified it; (b) calculators and calendars that organize that published information; and (c) self-help document preparation — generating documents from attorney-reviewed templates using information you enter, at your specific direction.
LawfulRent is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. We are not licensed to practice law. No attorney-client relationship is formed by using the Service. At no time do we review your answers for legal sufficiency, draw legal conclusions, provide opinions about your selection of options, or apply the law to the facts of your particular situation. The Service is not a substitute for the advice of an attorney licensed in California.
LawfulRent is not a real estate broker, agent, or property manager. We do not lease or offer to lease property, solicit or place tenants, negotiate lease terms, collect rent, or hold funds on behalf of property owners, and we are not a party to any lease or tenancy.
LawfulRent does not assist with evictions. The Service provides no assistance or advice in the prosecution or defense of any unlawful detainer claim or action.
The Service works from information you provide and choices you make: your property's location, its certificate-of-occupancy date, its ownership structure, its rent, and which documents to generate. You are responsible for the accuracy of that information and for confirming which rules apply to your property — including with the relevant agency (e.g., LAHD, LA County DCBA, your city's rent program) or your attorney — before you act. Determinations displayed by the Service are informational lookups against published rules based on facts you supplied, not conclusions or recommendations by us.
Rent regulations change frequently — sometimes mid-year and without direct notice to owners. We display a "verified as of" date on figures and cite our sources so you can check them. We do not warrant that any figure remains current after its verification date, and we may display a staleness notice when re-verification is pending. Nothing in the Service is a promise that a particular rent increase, notice, or filing is lawful in your specific circumstances.
Templates are reviewed by a licensed California attorney at the template level, on a documented cadence — this review is of our templates and rule tables generally, not of your specific document or situation. You decide whether, when, and how to use any generated document; you are the one signing and serving it. Review anything you serve, and involve your attorney for anything contested, unusual, or high-stakes.
You may use the Service only for lawful purposes in connection with rental property you own or manage. You may not resell, scrape, or systematically extract the Service's content; misrepresent facts to generate documents; or use the Service to violate any law, ordinance, or tenancy protection.
The Service, including its content, templates, calculators, and software, belongs to LawfulRent or its licensors. We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use it for your own properties while subscribed. Documents you generate with your information are yours to use for those properties.
We collect what you provide (contact details, property and unit information) and use it to operate the Service — determinations, calendars, documents, and service emails. We do not sell your information. Payment details go directly to Stripe; we never see your card number. Email us to access or delete your data. A fuller privacy policy will be published before member onboarding.
The Service is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including warranties of accuracy, completeness, currency, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. Without limiting the foregoing, LawfulRent does not warrant that any figure, determination, calendar entry, or document is accurate, current, complete, or suitable for your circumstances, or that use of the Service will result in compliance with any law or ordinance.
To the maximum extent permitted by law: (a) LawfulRent will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, lost rents, rent rollbacks, refunds to tenants, statutory damages or penalties (including treble damages), or attorney's fees arising from or related to your use of the Service; and (b) LawfulRent's total aggregate liability for all claims arising out of or relating to the Service will not exceed the greater of one hundred dollars ($100) or the amounts you paid to LawfulRent in the twelve (12) months before the event giving rise to the claim. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so parts of this section may not apply to you.
You will defend and hold harmless LawfulRent and its owners and personnel from claims, damages, and expenses (including reasonable attorney's fees) arising from your use of the Service, the information you provide, any document you generate or serve, any rent increase or fee you impose, or any dispute between you and a tenant or agency.
These Terms are governed by California law. Any dispute arising out of or relating to the Service or these Terms that cannot be resolved informally will be resolved by binding individual arbitration in Los Angeles County, California, administered under the rules of a recognized arbitration provider, and you and LawfulRent each waive any right to participate in a class action or class-wide arbitration. Either party may instead bring an individual claim in small-claims court. You may opt out of this arbitration provision by emailing us within 30 days of first accepting these Terms.
We may update these Terms — material changes will be notified by email or on the Site with at least 14 days' notice, and continued use after the effective date is acceptance. We may suspend or terminate access for breach of these Terms; you may stop using the Service at any time (see Section 6 for billing effects). Sections 2–5 and 10–13 survive termination.
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