California Code
TITLE 2 - ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY
CHAPTER 2.5 - Mobilehome Residency Law

ARTICLE 1 - General

Section 798. - 798. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 798.1. - 798.1. Unless the provisions or context otherwise requires, the following...

Section 798.2. - 798.2. “Management” means the owner of a mobilehome park or...

Section 798.3. - 798.3. (a) “Mobilehome” is a structure designed for human habitation...

Section 798.4. - 798.4. “Mobilehome park” is an area of land where two...

Section 798.6. - 798.6. “Park” is a manufactured housing community as defined in...

Section 798.7. - 798.7. (a) “New construction” means any newly constructed spaces initially...

Section 798.8. - 798.8. “Rental agreement” is an agreement between the management and...

Section 798.9. - 798.9. “Homeowner” is a person who has a tenancy in...

Section 798.10. - 798.10. “Change of use” means a use of the park...

Section 798.11. - 798.11. “Resident” is a homeowner or other person who lawfully...

Section 798.12. - 798.12. “Tenancy” is the right of a homeowner to the...

Section 798.13. - 798.13. (a) This chapter does not apply to any area...

Section 798.14. - 798.14. (a) Unless otherwise provided, all notices required by this...

ARTICLE 2 - Rental Agreement

Section 798.15. - 798.15. The rental agreement shall be in writing and shall...

Section 798.16. - 798.16. (a) The rental agreement may include other provisions permitted...

Section 798.17. - 798.17. (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivisions (i), (j),...

Section 798.18. - 798.18. (a) A homeowner shall be offered a rental agreement...

Section 798.19. - 798.19. No rental agreement for a mobilehome shall contain a...

Section 798.19.5. - 798.19.5. A rental agreement entered into or renewed on and...

Section 798.20. - 798.20. (a) Membership in any private club or organization that...

Section 798.21. - 798.21. (a) Notwithstanding Section 798.17, if a mobilehome space within...

Section 798.22. - 798.22. (a) In any new mobilehome park that is developed...

ARTICLE 3 - Rules and Regulations

Section 798.23. - 798.23. (a) Management shall be subject to, and comply with,...

Section 798.23.5. - 798.23.5. (a) (1) Management shall permit a homeowner to rent...

Section 798.24. - 798.24. Each common area facility shall be open or available...

Section 798.25. - 798.25. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), when the...

Section 798.25.5. - 798.25.5. Any rule or regulation of a mobilehome park that...

Section 798.26. - 798.26. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the ownership...

Section 798.27. - 798.27. (a) The management shall give written notice to all...

Section 798.28. - 798.28. The management of a mobilehome park shall disclose, in...

Section 798.28.5. - 798.28.5. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the...

Section 798.29. - 798.29. The management shall post a Mobilehome Assistance Center sign...

Section 798.29.6. - 798.29.6. The management shall not prohibit a homeowner or resident...

ARTICLE 3.5 - Fees and Charges

Section 798.30. - 798.30. The management shall give a homeowner written notice of...

Section 798.30.5. - 798.30.5. (a) (1) Subject to subdivision (b), management shall not,...

Section 798.31. - 798.31. A homeowner shall not be charged a fee for...

Section 798.32. - 798.32. (a) A homeowner shall not be charged a fee...

Section 798.33. - 798.33. (a) No lease agreement entered into, modified, or renewed...

Section 798.34. - 798.34. (a) A homeowner shall not be charged a fee...

Section 798.35. - 798.35. A homeowner shall not be charged a fee based...

Section 798.36. - 798.36. (a) A homeowner shall not be charged a fee...

Section 798.37. - 798.37. A homeowner may not be charged a fee for...

Section 798.37.5. - 798.37.5. (a) With respect to trees on rental spaces in...

Section 798.38. - 798.38. The management shall not acquire a lien or security...

Section 798.39. - 798.39. (a) The management may only demand a security deposit...

Section 798.39.5. - 798.39.5. (a) (1) The management shall not charge or impose...

ARTICLE 4 - Utilities

Section 798.40. - 798.40. (a) Where management provides both master-meter and submeter service...

Section 798.41. - 798.41. (a) Where a rental agreement, including a rental agreement...

Section 798.42. - 798.42. The management shall provide, by posting notice on the...

Section 798.43. - 798.43. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), whenever a...

Section 798.43.1. - 798.43.1. (a) The management of a master-meter park shall give...

Section 798.44. - 798.44. (a) The management of a park that does not...

ARTICLE 4.5 - Rent Control

Section 798.45. - 798.45. (a) Notwithstanding Section 798.17, “new construction,” as defined in...

Section 798.49. - 798.49. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), the local...

ARTICLE 5 - Homeowner Communications and Meetings

Section 798.50. - 798.50. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting...

Section 798.51. - 798.51. (a) No provision contained in any mobilehome park rental...

Section 798.52. - 798.52. Any homeowner or resident who is prevented by management...

ARTICLE 5.5 - Homeowners Meetings with Management

Section 798.53. - 798.53. (a) (1) The management shall meet and consult with...

ARTICLE 6 - Termination of Tenancy

Section 798.55. - 798.55. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that, because of...

Section 798.56. - 798.56. A tenancy shall be terminated by the management only...

Section 798.56. - 798.56. A tenancy shall be terminated by the management only...

Section 798.56a. - 798.56a. (a) Within 60 days after receipt of, or no...

Section 798.57. - 798.57. The management shall set forth in a notice of...

Section 798.58. - 798.58. Tenancy may only be terminated for reasons contained in...

Section 798.59. - 798.59. A homeowner shall give written notice to the management...

Section 798.60. - 798.60. The provisions of this article shall not affect any...

Section 798.61. - 798.61. (a) (1) As used in this section, “abandoned mobilehome”...

Section 798.62. - 798.62. (a) If a mobilehome park is destroyed as a...

ARTICLE 7 - Transfer of Mobilehome or Mobilehome Park

Section 798.70. - 798.70. (a) A homeowner, an heir, joint tenant, or personal...

Section 798.71. - 798.71. (a) (1) The management may not show or list...

Section 798.72. - 798.72. (a) The management shall not charge a homeowner, an...

Section 798.73. - 798.73. The management shall not require the removal of a...

Section 798.73.5. - 798.73.5. (a) In the case of a sale or transfer...

Section 798.74. - 798.74. (a) The management may require the right of prior...

Section 798.74.4. - 798.74.4. The transfer or sale of a manufactured home or...

Section 798.74.5. - 798.74.5. (a) Within two business days of receiving a request...

Section 798.75. - 798.75. (a) An escrow, sale, or transfer agreement involving a...

Section 798.75.5. - 798.75.5. (a) The management shall provide a prospective homeowner with...

Section 798.76. - 798.76. The management may require that a prospective purchaser comply...

Section 798.77. - 798.77. No rental or sale agreement shall contain a provision...

Section 798.78. - 798.78. (a) An heir, joint tenant, or personal representative of...

Section 798.79. - 798.79. (a) Any legal owner or junior lienholder who forecloses...

Section 798.80. - 798.80. (a) Not less than 30 days nor more than...

Section 798.81. - 798.81. The management (1) shall not prohibit the listing or...

Section 798.82. - 798.82. The management, at the time of an application for...

Section 798.83. - 798.83. In the case of a sale or transfer of...

ARTICLE 8 - Actions, Proceedings, and Penalties

Section 798.84. - 798.84. (a) No action based upon the management’s alleged failure...

Section 798.85. - 798.85. In any action arising out of the provisions of...

Section 798.86. - 798.86. (a) If a homeowner or former homeowner of a...

Section 798.87. - 798.87. (a) The substantial failure of the management to provide...

Section 798.88. - 798.88. (a) In addition to any right under Article 6...

ARTICLE 9 - Subdivisions, Cooperatives, and Condominiums

Section 799. - 799. As used in this article: (a) “Ownership or management”...

Section 799.1. - 799.1. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), this article...

Section 799.1.5. - 799.1.5. A homeowner or resident, or an heir, joint tenant,...

Section 799.2. - 799.2. The ownership or management shall not show or list...

Section 799.2.5. - 799.2.5. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the ownership...

Section 799.3. - 799.3. The ownership or management shall not require the removal...

Section 799.4. - 799.4. The ownership or management may require the right to...

Section 799.5. - 799.5. The ownership or management may require that a purchaser...

Section 799.6. - 799.6. No agreement shall contain any provision by which the...

Section 799.7. - 799.7. The ownership or management shall provide, by posting notice...

Section 799.8. - 799.8. The management, at the time of an application for...

Section 799.9. - 799.9. (a) A homeowner may share his or her mobilehome...

Section 799.10. - 799.10. A resident may not be prohibited from displaying a...

Section 799.11. - 799.11. The ownership or management shall not prohibit a homeowner...