California Civil Code. California
management shall be deemed to be notified of an alleged failure to maintain the physical improvements in the common facilities in good working order or condition or of an alleged reduction of services upon substantial compliance by the homeowner or homeowners with the provisions of subdivisions (b) and (c), or when management has been notified of the alleged failure to maintain or the alleged reduction of services by a state or local agency.
(e) If the notice is served within 30 days of the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, the time for the commencement of the action shall be extended 30 days from the service of the notice.
(f) This section does not apply to actions for personal injury or wrongful death.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1505, Sec. 1.)
ARTICLE 8. Transfer of a Floating Home Marina [800.100–800.100.]
(Article 8 added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1505, Sec. 1.)
800.100. (a) When the owner of a floating home marina enters into a written listing agreement with a licensed real estate broker, as defined in Article 1 (commencing with Section 10130) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 4 of the Business and Professions Code, for the sale of the marina or offers to sell the marina to any party, the owner shall provide written notice by first-class mail or by personal delivery to the president, secretary, and treasurer of the resident organization, not less than 30 days but no more than one year prior to entering into any written listing agreement for the sale of the marina, or making any offer to sell the marina to any party. An offer to sell a marina shall not be construed as an offer under this subdivision unless it is initiated by the marina owner or his or her agent.
(b) An owner of a floating home marina is not required to comply with subdivision (a) unless the following conditions are met:
(1) The resident organization has first furnished the marina owner or marina manager a written notice of the name and address of the president, secretary, and treasurer of the resident organization to whom the notice of sale shall be given.
(2) The resident organization has first notified the marina owner or manager in writing that the marina residents are interested in purchasing the marina. The initial notice by the resident organization shall be made prior to a written listing or offer to sell the marina by the marina owner, and the resident organization shall give subsequent notice once each year thereafter that the marina residents are interested in purchasing the marina.
(3) The resident organization has furnished the marina owner or marina manager a written notice, within five days, of any change in the name or address of the officers of the resident organization to whom the notice of sale shall be given.
(c) Nothing in this section affects the validity of title to real property transferred in violation of this section, although a violation shall subject the seller to civil action pursuant to Article 9 (commencing with Section 800.200) by homeowner residents of the marina or by the resident organization.
(d) Nothing in this section affects the ability of a licensed real estate broker to collect a commission pursuant to an executed contract between the broker and the floating home marina owner.
(e) This section does not apply to any of the following:
(1) Any sale or other transfer by a marina owner who is a natural person to any relation specified in Section 6401 or 6402 of the Probate Code.
(2) Any transfer by gift, devise, or operation of law.
(3) Any transfer by a corporation to an affiliate. As used in this paragraph, “affiliate” means any shareholder of the transferring corporation, any corporation or entity owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the transferring corporation, or any other corporation or entity controlled, directly or indirectly, by any shareholder of the transferring corporation.
(4) Any transfer by a partnership to any of its partners.
(5) Any conveyance resulting from the judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure of a mortgage or deed of trust encumbering a floating home marina or any deed given in lieu of such a foreclosure.
(6) Any sale or transfer between or among joint tenants or tenants in common owning a floating home marina.
(7) The purchase of a floating home marina by a governmental entity under its powers of eminent domain.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 183, Sec. 25. Effective January 1, 2005.)
ARTICLE 9. Actions, Proceedings, and Penalties [800.200 — 800.201]
(Article 9 added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1505, Sec. 1.)
800.200. In any action arising out of the provisions of this chapter the prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees and costs. A party shall be deemed a prevailing party for the purposes of this section if the judgment is rendered in his or her favor or where the litigation is dismissed in his or her favor prior to or during the trial, unless the parties otherwise agree in the settlement or compromise.
In the event a homeowner or former homeowner of a floating home marina is the prevailing party in a civil action against the management to enforce his or her rights under the provisions of this chapter, the homeowner, in addition to damages afforded by law, may, in the discretion of the court, be awarded an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) for each willful violation of those provisions by the management.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1505, Sec. 1.)
800.201. (a) The substantial failure of the management to provide and maintain physical improvements in the common facilities in good working order and condition shall be deemed a public nuisance. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3491, such a nuisance only may be remedied by a civil action or abatement.
(b) The substantial violation of a floating home marina rule shall be deemed a public nuisance. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3491, such a nuisance only may be remedied by a civil action or abatement.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1505, Sec. 1.)
ARTICLE 10. Cooperatives and Condominiums [800.300 — 800.306]
(Article 10 added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1505, Sec. 1.)
800.300. As used in this article:
(a) “Ownership or management” means the ownership or management of a cooperative or condominium for floating homes.
(b) “Resident” means a person who maintains a residence in a cooperative or condominium for floating homes.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1505, Sec. 1.)
800.301. A resident may advertise the sale or exchange of his or her floating home or, if not prohibited by the terms of an agreement with the management or ownership, may advertise the rental of his or her floating home by displaying a sign in the window of his or her floating home stating that the floating home is for sale or exchange or, if not prohibited, for rent by the owner of the floating home or his or her agent. The sign shall state the name, address, and telephone number of the owner of the floating home or his or her agent, and shall be 24 inches in width and 18 inches in length.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 942, Sec. 9.)
800.302. The ownership or management shall not show or list for sale a floating home owned by a resident without first obtaining the resident’s written authorization. The authorization shall specify the terms and conditions regarding the showing or listing.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 942, Sec. 10.)
800.303. The ownership or management shall not require the removal of a floating home from a cooperative or condominium in the event of its sale to a third party.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1505, Sec. 1.)
800.304. The ownership or management may require the right to prior approval of the purchaser of a floating home that will remain in the cooperative or condominium for floating homes and that the selling resident or his or her