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CHAPTER 2.6. Recreational Vehicle Park Occupancy Law [799.20. - 799.79.]

Chapter 2.6 repealed and added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 310, Sec. 2.

§§ 799.20–799.79 · 34 sections

  1. ARTICLE 1. Definitions §§ 799.20–799.32 · 13 sections
    • § 799.20 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Recreational Vehicle Park Occupancy Law.
    • § 799.21 Unless the provisions or context otherwise require, the following definitions shall govern the construction of this chapter.
    • § 799.22 “Defaulting occupant” means an occupant who fails to pay for his or her occupancy in a park or who fails to comply with reasonable written rules and…
    • § 799.23 “Defaulting resident” means a resident who fails to pay for his or her occupancy in a park, fails to comply with reasonable written rules and regulations of…
    • § 799.24 “Defaulting tenant” means a tenant who fails to pay for his or her occupancy in a park or fails to comply with reasonable written rules and regulations of the…
    • § 799.25 “Guest” means a person who is lawfully occupying a recreational vehicle located in a park but who is not an occupant, tenant, or resident. An occupant, tenant,…
    • § 799.26 “Management” means the owner of a recreational vehicle park or an agent or representative authorized to act on his or her behalf in connection with matters…
    • § 799.27 “Occupancy” and “occupy” refer to the use of a recreational vehicle park lot by an occupant, tenant, or resident.
    • § 799.28 “Occupant” means the owner or operator of a recreational vehicle who has occupied a lot in a park for 30 days or less.
    • § 799.29 “Recreational vehicle” has the same meaning as defined in Section 18010 of the Health and Safety Code.
    • § 799.30 “Recreational vehicle park” or “park” has the same meaning as defined in Section 18862.39 of the Health and Safety Code.
    • § 799.31 “Resident” means a tenant who has occupied a lot in a park for nine months or more.
    • § 799.32 “Tenant” means the owner or operator of a recreational vehicle who has occupied a lot in a park for more than 30 consecutive days.
  2. ARTICLE 2. General Provisions §§ 799.40–799.47 · 8 sections
    • § 799.40 The rights created by this chapter shall be cumulative and in addition to any other legal rights the management of a park may have against a defaulting…
    • § 799.41 Nothing in this chapter shall apply to a mobilehome as defined in Section 18008 of the Health and Safety Code or to a manufactured home as defined in Section…
    • § 799.42 No occupant registration agreement or tenant rental agreement shall contain a provision by which the occupant or tenant waives his or her rights under the…
    • § 799.43 The registration agreement between a park and an occupant thereof shall be in writing and shall contain, in addition to the provisions otherwise required by…
    • § 799.44 At the time of registration, an occupant shall be given a copy of the rules and regulations of the park.
    • § 799.45 The management may offer a rental agreement to an occupant of the park who intends to remain in the park for a period in excess of 30 consecutive days.
    • § 799.46 At the entry to a recreational vehicle park, or within the separate designated section for recreational vehicles within a mobilehome park, there shall be…
    • § 799.47 (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…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Defaulting Occupants §§ 799.55–799.59 · 5 sections
    • § 799.55 Except as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 1866, as a prerequisite to the right of management to have a defaulting occupant’s recreational vehicle…
    • § 799.56 (a) The 72-hour written notice shall be served by delivering a copy to the defaulting occupant personally or to a person of suitable age and discretion who is…
    • § 799.57 The written 72-hour notice shall state that if the defaulting occupant does not remove the recreational vehicle from the premises of the park within 72 hours…
    • § 799.58 Subsequent to serving a copy of the notice specified in this article to the city police or county sheriff, whichever is appropriate, and after the expiration…
    • § 799.59 When the management removes or causes the removal of a defaulting occupant’s recreational vehicle, the management and the individual or entity that removes the…
  4. ARTICLE 4. Defaulting Tenants §§ 799.65–799.67 · 3 sections
    • § 799.65 The management may terminate the tenancy of a defaulting tenant for nonpayment of rent, utilities, or reasonable incidental service charges, provided the…
    • § 799.66 The management may terminate or refuse to renew the right of occupancy of a tenant for other than nonpayment of rent or other charges upon the giving of a…
    • § 799.67 Evictions pursuant to this article shall be subject to the requirements set forth in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1159) of Title 3 of Part 3 of the Code…
  5. ARTICLE 5. Defaulting Residents §§ 799.70–799.71 · 2 sections
    • § 799.70 The management may terminate or refuse to renew the right of occupancy of a defaulting resident upon the giving of a written notice to the defaulting resident…
    • § 799.71 Evictions pursuant to this article shall be subject to the requirements set forth in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1159) of Title 3 of Part 3 of the Code…
  6. ARTICLE 6. Liens for Recreational Vehicles and Abandoned Possessions § 799.75 · 1 section
    • § 799.75 The management shall have a lien upon the recreational vehicle and the contents therein for the proper charges due from a defaulting occupant, tenant, or…
  7. ARTICLE 7. Actions and Proceedings §§ 799.78–799.79 · 2 sections
    • § 799.78 In any action arising out of the provisions of this chapter, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees and costs. A party shall be…
    • § 799.79 In the event that an occupant, tenant, or resident or a former occupant, tenant, or resident is the prevailing party in a civil action against the management…