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California Code, Civil Code - CIV § 799.47

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) A person shall not require an occupant, tenant, or resident in a qualified recreational vehicle park to reregister if the purpose of the reregistration requirement is to prevent the occupant, tenant, or resident from gaining or maintaining status as a resident.

(b) A person who violates subdivision (a) shall be liable for a civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500).

(c) In an action brought pursuant to this section, if it is established by a preponderance of the evidence that an occupant, tenant, or resident was required to reregister, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the purpose of that requirement was to prevent the occupant, tenant, or resident from gaining or maintaining status as a resident.

(d) In an action brought pursuant to this section, the court shall award reasonable attorney's fees and costs to the prevailing party.

(e) For the purposes of this section:

(1) “Qualified recreational vehicle park” means a recreational vehicle park, as defined in Section 799.30, that is located within the City of Imperial Beach.

(2) Notwithstanding Section 799.31 “resident” means a tenant who has occupied a lot in a park for at least 9 months in a 12-month period.

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