Service of Notices under the Manufactured/Mobile Home Landlord-Tenant Act.

Except for rent increase notices, notices required to be given to a tenant by a landlord under the Manufactured/Mobile Home Landlord-Tenant Act (MHLTA) must be served by personal delivery, or if the tenant is absent from the home, by affixing a copy of the notice in a conspicuous place on the home and also mailing a copy to the tenant's last known address.

Rent increase notices under the MHLTA must be served in the same manner as unlawful detainer notices.

Service of Unlawful Detainer Notices.

With some exceptions, unlawful detainer notices must be served either: 

1. by personal delivery to the person entitled to the notice; 
2. if the person entitled to the notice is not on the unlawfully held premises, by leaving a copy with a person of suitable age and discretion at the premises and sending a copy by certified mail posted from within the state to the last known address of the person entitled to the notice; or 
3. if the person entitled to the notice is a tenant or unlawful occupant whose place of residence is not known, or if a person of suitable age and discretion cannot be found at the premises, by doing all three of the following:  affixing a copy of the notice in a conspicuous place on the premises unlawfully held, delivering a copy to a person residing at the premises if such a person can be found, and mailing a copy addressed to the tenant or unlawful occupant at the unlawfully held premises.

When a copy of an unlawful detainer notice is sent through the mail, service is deemed complete when the copy is deposited in the mail by certified mail, has postage prepaid, is posted from within the state, and is directed to the last known address of the person entitled to the notice.  When service is made by mail, five additional days must be allowed before the commencement of an action based upon the notice.

The requirement that MHLTA rent increase notices be served in the same manner as unlawful detainer notices is removed.  Rent increase notices under the MHLTA must be served in the same manner as other MHLTA notices:  by personal delivery, or if the tenant is absent from the home, by affixing a copy of the notice in a conspicuous place on the home and also mailing a copy to the tenant's last known address.