Victims of abuse or violence: lock changes.

Existing law requires a landlord to change the locks of a protected tenant's dwelling unit upon the protected tenant's written request not later than 24 hours after the protected tenant gives the landlord a copy of a court order or police report that restrains a person who is not a tenant of the same dwelling unit as the protected tenant from contact with the protected tenant. Existing law permits the protected tenant to change the locks if the landlord fails to do so within 24 hours, as provided. For these purposes, existing law defines "protected tenant" as a tenant who has obtained a court order, as defined, or a police report showing that the tenant or the tenant's household member is a…