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California Pet Addendum

This California pet addendum lets a tenant keep named animals on an existing lease. California generally caps a security deposit at 1× monthly rent. A pet deposit usually counts toward that cap. Assistance animals required by fair-housing law are not pets and cannot be charged a pet deposit or pet rent. It does not replace the lease, and it does not apply to assistance animals.

• A pet deposit is part of the security deposit. It generally cannot push the total above the one-month cap (Cal. Civ. Code § 1950.5).
• Unused deposit money is generally due within 21 days (Cal. Civ. Code § 1950.5 (AB 12, effective July 1, 2024)).
• Assistance animals are not pets. Do not use this addendum to charge a deposit or rent for one.