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AB 1817

Mobilehome parks: termination of tenancy: failure to comply with a rule or regulation.

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Dawn Addis

AB 1817 requires mobilehome park notices for rule violations to cite exact rule language and factual details, ensuring tenants can understand and respond before termination.

Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
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Bill Summary · AB 1817

Summary of AB 1817 (2025-2026) – California Mobilehome Parks: Termination of Tenancy for Failure to Comply with a Rule or Regulation

Note: This summary reflects the introduced version of AB 1817 as of February 2026 and its current legislative status and text.

1) Purpose and Intent

  • AB 1817 amends Civil Code Section 798.56 to tighten and clarify the process by which a mobilehome park may terminate a tenancy for alleged noncompliance with park rules or regulations.
  • The bill emphasizes documentary specificity in notices of alleged violations and reinforces the park owner/management’s burden to demonstrate that a rule or regulation has actually been violated.
  • Aims to ensure residents receive detailed, rule-specific notice before a termination for rule/regulation violations and to refine the timing and procedures surrounding such terminations.

2) Key Provisions and Changes

  • Eligibility for Termination (grounds) remains limited to several specified reasons, including:
    • Noncompliance with local/state laws or regulations (related to mobilehomes) following a government notice.
    • Conduct on park premises that causes substantial annoyance to others.
    • Conviction-related grounds (with conditions for vacating status).
    • Failure to comply with a reasonable rule or regulation that is part of the rental agreement (or amendments) (the primary target of AB 1817).
    • Nonpayment of rent/charges (existing ground, with streamlined notice provisions).
    • Condemnation or change of use of the park (with specified notice periods).
  • Written Notice of Alleged Violation:
    • Under current law, management must serve written notice and the resident has seven days to remedy.
    • AB 1817 requires that the written notice include:
    • The exact language of each rule or regulation cited.
    • Specific facts showing the date, place, or circumstances of the alleged violation.
    • Any action required to adhere to or comply with the rule.
    • Management must still prove that a rule or regulation has in fact been violated; the burden remains on the management.
  • Notice Timing and Exceptions:
    • If a homeowner has previously been given written notice for the same rule violation on three or more occasions within 12 months, a subsequent violation of the same rule does not require a new written notice before action.
  • Nonpayment and Other Notices:
    • The bill retains and details the current procedures for nonpayment notices (three-day notices, cure periods, and related disclosures), including bold-face warning language for certain nonpayment notices when multiple such notices have occurred within 12 months.
    • The three-day notice framework for nonpayment may be used concurrently with 60-day notices in certain circumstances.
  • Change of Use/Condemnation:
    • Provisions continue to require timing and notice specifics when a park changes use or faces condemnation, including mandatory notices to residents and to owners/joint lienholders.
  • Operative Date:
    • The bill provides that its provisions become operative February 1, 2025.

3) Who Would Be Affected

  • Mobilehome park operators/management: Required to provide more detailed, rule-specific notices and to substantiate alleged rule violations with factual detail.
  • Homeowners and residents:
    • Receive notices that must recite exact rule language and factual basis for alleged violations.
    • Benefit from clearer procedures and due process in termination proceedings for rule violations.
  • Property owners, lienholders, and registered owners (as applicable in the Health/HP or Civil procedures): Involved in cure/notice processes when third parties may cure defaults.

4) Procedural and Timeline Aspects

  • Notice Requirements:
    • Affected notices must include the language of the rule and specific facts; enables residents to understand the violation precisely and respond.
  • Cure Periods:
    • Seven-day cure period for alleged rule violations remains, with an explicit requirement to show actual violation.
    • Exceptions allow multiple notices without new written notice if the same rule violation has occurred three times in 12 months.
  • Penalty and Termination Process:
    • Termination grounds and process align with existing categories (including nonpayment and change of use), but with enhanced specificity in notice content.
  • Effective Date:
    • Operative date of February 1, 2025, for the amended provisions.

5) Fiscal and Legislative Considerations

  • No appropriation is indicated in the bill.
  • No local program or significant fiscal impact attributed in the digest; the primary changes are procedural and evidentiary in nature.

If you’d like, I can provide a side-by-side comparison with current Civil Code 798.56 text to highlight every precise textual change, or a plain-language FAQ for residents and managers.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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