Cal. CIV § 799.47
This is the official text of Cal. CIV § 799.47, part of California’s Civil Code — covers contracts, property ownership, personal rights, and other general civil obligations between private parties.
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Official statutory text
(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.
(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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