Civil Code section 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 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.

Source: Section 799.47, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=799.­47.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2025; accessed Jun. 30, 2025).

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