Cal. Civ. Code § 398.4

(a) A manufactured home community owner may at any time establish fair and reasonable
rules and regulations reasonably related to the health, safety and upkeep of the community,
provided the rules and regulations are not arbitrary or capricious and are included
in any written lease and delivered to existing lessees and are posted in the public
portion of the community office or other conspicuous and readily accessible place
in the manufactured home community.
(b) All rules or rental charges shall be uniformly applied to all manufactured home lessees
or prospective manufactured home occupants of the same or similar category. The lessee
shall be provided with a written copy of the rules and regulations prior to the owner's
or operator's acceptance of any initial deposit, fee or rent. In addition, a copy
of this act shall be posted in the public portion of the community office or other
conspicuous and readily accessible place in the mobile home park, and a copy of the
following notice shall be reproduced in capital typewritten letters or in ten-point
boldface print and be given to each resident upon entering into the lease.
"IMPORTANT NOTICE REQUIRED BY LAW
The rules set forth below govern the terms of your lease or occupancy agreement with
this manufactured home community. The law requires all of these rules to be fair and
reasonable.
As a lessee, you may continue to stay in this community as long as you pay your rent
and other reasonable fees, service charges and assessments hereinafter set forth and
abide by the rules of the community. Entrance and exit fees may not be charged. Installation
and removal fees may not be charged in excess of the actual cost to the manufactured
home community owner or operator for providing such service for the installation or
removal of a manufactured home in a manufactured home space.
As a lessee, you may be evicted for any of the following reasons:
(1) Nonpayment of rent.
(2) A second or subsequent violation of the rules of the manufactured home community occurring
within a six-month period.
(3) If there is a change in use of the community land or parts thereof.
(4) Termination of manufactured home community.
As a lessee, you shall only be evicted in accordance with the following procedure:
(1) A lessee shall not be evicted by any self-help measure.
(2) Prior to the commencement of any eviction proceeding, the manufactured home community
owner shall notify the lessee in writing of the particular breach or violation of
the lease or community rules by certified or registered mail.
(i) In the case of nonpayment of rent, the notice shall state that an eviction proceeding
may be commenced if the manufactured home lessee does not pay the overdue rent within
20 days from the date of service if the notice is given on or after April 1 and before
September 1, and 30 days if given on or after September 1 and before April 1 or an
additional nonpayment of rent occurring within six months of the giving of the notice
may result in immediate eviction proceedings.
(ii) In the case of a breach of the lease or violation of the community rules, other than
nonpayment of rent, the notice shall describe the particular breach or violation.
No eviction action shall be commenced unless the lessee has been notified as required
by this section, and upon a second or subsequent violation or breach occurring within
six months, the manufactured home community owner may commence eviction proceedings
at any time within 60 days of the last violation or breach.
As a lessee, you shall not be evicted when there is proof that the rules you as the
lessee are accused of violating are not enforced with respect to the other manufactured
home residents or nonresidents on the community premises.
In addition, no eviction proceeding for nonpayment of rent may be commenced against
you as the lessee until you have received notice by certified or registered mail of
the nonpayment and have been given to pay the overdue rent 20 days from the date of
service if the notice is given on or after April 1 and before September 1, and 30
days if given on or after September 1 and before April 1. However, only one notice
of overdue rent is required to be sent to you as the lessee during any six-month period.
If a second or additional violation occurs within six months from the date of the
first notice then eviction proceedings may be immediately started against you.
You are entitled to purchase goods or services from a seller of your choice and the
community owner shall not restrict your right to do so.
If you desire to sell your manufactured home, the manufactured home community owner
may not prevent the sale and may not claim any fee in connection therewith, unless
there exists a separate written fee agreement. However, the manufactured home community
owner may reserve the right to approve the purchaser as a resident in the manufactured
home community.
Enforcement of the Manufactured Home Community Rights Act is by the Attorney General
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the District Attorney of the county in which
the manufactured home community is located. As a lessee, you may also bring a private
cause of action. If your rights are violated you may contact the State Bureau of Consumer
Protection or your local District Attorney."
(4 amended Oct. 19, 2010, P.L.546, No.80)
Compiler's Note: Section 5 of Act 80 of 2010, which amended section 4, provided that Act 80 shall apply
to:
(1) New sales and leases of manufactured home community spaces entered into after the
effective date of section 5.
(2) Extensions and renewals of leases of manufactured home community spaces entered into
after effective date of section 5.