Added Calif. Civil Code §798.28.5
Effective date: January 1, 2025
Bill text: SB 1408
Why this matters: Management in a mobilehome park needs to give a seven-day notice and cite the specific park rule that a parked vehicle violates before they may tow the vehicle. An exception is a vehicle used or required for employment.
Park managers may be tow-tally out of line with parked vehicles
A mobilehome park manager may remove a vehicle from a driveway or designated parking space when:
- the vehicle has violated one or multiple park rules;
- management posts a notice on the vehicle’s windshield containing:
- a description of the rules that have been violated; and
- the statement the manager intends to remove the vehicle in seven days; and
- the seven-day period has passed.
However, vehicles which present a significant danger may be removed at any time.
Effective January 2025, California law prohibits a manager from removing a vehicle from a tenant or property owner’s driveway or designated parking space when the tenant or property owner requires the vehicle for work or employment purposes. [Calif. Civil Code §798.28.5]
Further, a vehicle which advertises any trade or service may not be removed from a tenant or property owner’s driveway or designated parking space.
The job-related vehicle may be removed by management when:
- the vehicle poses a significant danger to the health and safety of a park resident or guest;
- any part of the vehicle extends into the roadway; or
- the tenant or property owner requests to have a vehicle they do not own removed from their driveway or designated parking space.
