Redding, CA Business Licensing & Operations: Massage Establishments (2026)
Key Facts
- Certification required
- CAMTC card or RPD background clearance
- Minimum age
- 18 to provide massage for compensation
- Service hours
- 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. only
- Location ban
- 36 months after a prior violation there
- Civil/admin penalty
- Up to $1,000 per violation
- Governing chapter
- RMC Chapter 6.08
Summary
Redding regulates massage businesses under Municipal Code Chapter 6.08, requiring every massage professional, owner, and operator to carry a CAMTC certification or Redding police department background clearance, limiting service hours to 7 a.m.-10 p.m., and barring a new massage establishment from opening at any location where a prior massage business lost a liability finding within the last thirty-six months.
No person, owner or operator shall engage in, conduct, carry on, or permit any massage unless all of the following requirements are met: A.Except when permitted in writing by the chief of police, massage shall be provided or given only between the hours of seven a.m. and ten p.m. A massage commenced prior to ten p.m. must terminate at ten p.m., and in the case of a massage establishment, all clients shall exit the premises at that time.B.No person who has not reached eighteen years of age shall provide massage for compensation.C.Massage shall not be provided by any person not certified by the CAMTC unless the individual has a valid, approved background investigation on file with the Redding police department. No person shall act as an owner or operator of a massage establishment unless the individual has a valid, approved background investigation on file with the Redding police department.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 48).
Full Breakdown
020(C)). 020(B)). 020(A)). 020(D)). 030 blocks a new massage establishment from opening at a location where the prior massage business or one of its employees was found liable for a chapter violation, or left unpaid fines or penalties, within the preceding thirty-six months. 040).
Violations & Fines
The city attorney can pursue a civil action for penalties of up to one thousand dollars per violation, and the same one-thousand-dollar cap applies to administrative penalties enforced under Chapters 1.13 and 1.14 (§ 6.08.060(A)-(B)). Each violation is treated separately, and each client given a massage in violation of the chapter counts as its own separate violation. Any violation of Chapter 6.08 is also declared a public nuisance.
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