Cal. Codes » Civil Code / DIVISION 2. PROPERTY / PART 2. REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY [[755.] - 945.5.] / TITLE 2. ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY / CHAPTER 2.5. Mobilehome Residency Law / ARTICLE 7. Transfer of Mobilehome or Mobilehome Park
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Cal. Civil Code § 798.76 (2026)

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The management may require that a prospective purchaser comply with any rule or regulation limiting residency based on age requirements for housing for older persons, provided that the rule or regulation complies with the federal Fair Housing Act, as amended by Public Law 104-76, and implementing regulations.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1982–2000 · leading case: San Jose Country Club Apts. v. Cnty. of Santa Clara, 137 Cal. App. 3d 948 (Cal. Ct. App. 1982).
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San Jose Country Club Apts. v. Cnty. of Santa Clara, 137 Cal. App. 3d 948 (Cal. Ct. App. 1982). · cites it 2× “The fact that the ordinance exempts mobilehome parks does not establish a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment, as plaintiff contends: the distinction accommodates state law permitting trailer parks to establish and enforce rules limiting residence to adults only (Civ. Code, §…”
Taylor v. Rancho Santa Barbara, 206 F.3d 932 (9th Cir. 2000). · cites it 3× “§ 3607 (b)(2)(C), and the Fourteenth Amendment, for California Civil Code § 798.76. I. BACKGROUND As apparently is common among mobile home parks, Rancho Santa Barbara rents to mobile home owners the spaces upon which the homes rest.”
Colony Cove Assocs. v. Brown, 220 Cal. App. 3d 195 (Cal. Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 2× “) As the court observed, “In light of the public policy reflected by [legislation allowing for adults-only housing in mobile home parks (Civ. Code, § 798.76)], age qualifications as to a housing facility reserved for older citizens can operate as a reasonable and permissible…”
Adamson Companies v. Zipp, 163 Cal. App. 3d 1 (Cal. Ct. App. 1984). “[21] Civil Code section 798.76, enacted in 1978, provides: "The management may require that a purchaser of a mobilehome which will remain in the park, comply with any rule or regulation limiting residence to adults only.”
Adamson Companies v. Zipp, 163 Cal. App. Supp. 3d 1 (Cal. App. Dep’t Super. Ct. 1984). “Civil Code section 798.76, enacted in 1978, provides: “The management may require that a purchaser of a mobilehome which will remain in the park, comply with any rule or regulation limiting residence to adults only.”
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