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Man Lives on Yacht, Worried About the Law

Tracking down the law that controls yacht rentals

 

 


My wife and I have been living aboard a friend's yacht in a public harbor for the past eight months. We pay rent and electricity monthly. We have no written agreement. Would this type of rental be governed by the same landlord-tenant laws as residential property? Also, are there any regulations that the harbor must follow before it can allow longterm live aboards? I really appreciate your help as I have not been able to find answers or info anywhere.


California does indeed have a special law that governs tenancies in "floating home" marinas. It's called the Floating Home Residency Law and it's in the California Civil Code beginning at Section 800. You can read it in a law library or, if you're handy with your mouse, you can read the statutes online. Go to http://california.findlaw.com/CA01_codes/cacode.html -- the the URL for California's Civil Codes, accessed via Findlaw -- and scroll down to the appropriate sections. If you go to a law library and want a short, clear, plain English explanation of the law, ask the reference librarian for a copy of Rutter on Landlord-Tenant, and go to Volume II, Section 13
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