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Landlord–Tenant Lawyers in San Jose, California

Searching for a tenant rights lawyer in San Jose? Counsel for rentals on both sides of the lease, evictions, deposits, and habitability. This page indexes San Jose's landlord–tenant coverage from the State Bar of California's official roll, with identity-verification markers where available.

Venue matters. Landlord–tenant cases from San Jose are ordinarily heard at the Santa Clara County Superior Court: Downtown Superior Courthouse, serving a city of roughly 971,000. Santa Clara County Superior Court runs a complex civil litigation division that hears many of the technology sector's trade secret, employment, and shareholder disputes; the federal Northern District's San Jose division sits a few blocks away.

Before comparing counsel, note the clock. Under Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 1161, the governing period is unlawful detainer deadlines run in days: a three-day notice starts most non-payment cases. A tenant served with an unlawful detainer summons has ten court days to respond (Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 1167). Security deposits must be accounted for within 21 days of move-out (Cal. Civ. Code § 1950.5).

This page is the San Jose chapter of the registry's statewide record · Tenant Rights Attorneys in California collects every county and city.

The clock & the court

Statute of limitations

Unlawful detainer deadlines run in days: a three-day notice starts most non-payment cases.

Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 1161

A tenant served with an unlawful detainer summons has ten court days to respond (Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 1167). Security deposits must be accounted for within 21 days of move-out (Cal. Civ. Code § 1950.5).

Court of record · Santa Clara County

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara.

Main courthouse: Downtown Superior Court (DTS), 191 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95113

For San Jose: Santa Clara County Superior Court: Downtown Superior Courthouse.

Court website · Self-help center · Source: The court's official website, read 2026-09-27. Venue depends on the case; legal information, not legal advice.

Landlord–Tenant · San Jose roster

67 active attorneys with an address of record in San Jose list landlord–tenant among their practice areas on the registry, out of 3,596 active attorneys whose address of record is in San Jose.

By count, the practice areas most often listed by San Jose attorneys are business law (698), criminal defense (462), litigation (457), intellectual property (379) and family law (321). A count of listings, not a measure of skill.

6 of the 3,596 have claimed and verified their record here; every other listing is the official record as published.

For 269 of the 3,596 active attorneys in San Jose, the registry holds a language other than English; by count, Spanish (171), Chinese (136), Japanese (115) and French (114). Attorneys themselves confirmed Spanish (1); the rest come from a firm website published in that language, which describes the website, not the attorney.

Reading the roster in San Jose. Unlawful detainer practice is fast and procedural, so look for attorneys who handle evictions in your county's dedicated UD departments weekly, whichever side you are on. Tenants should ask about fee-shifting clauses in the lease, local rent-ordinance defenses, and legal-aid options given the short response windows; landlords should ask about notice drafting, most lost UD cases fail on defective notices.

Address of record in San Jose