Privacy & Surveillance in San Bernardino, CA (2026)
1 verified privacy & surveillance rules for San Bernardino, California, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
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Security Camera Rules
San Bernardino's private surveillance equipment ordinance lets residents run home security cameras but bars pointing them at a neighbor's property. Chapter 9.58 prohibits positioning any private camera or recording device so it intrudes on a neighboring residence's privacy, treating specific triggers, like watching areas not visible from the street, as automatic violations.
San Bernardino Residential Camera Rules
Some RestrictionsSan Bernardino Municipal Code § 9.58.040
(A) No private surveillance equipment shall be positioned in such a way as to intrude upon the privacy of the occupier(s) of any residential property other than the user's property. (B) Circumstances in which such an intrusion shall be deemed to occur are any one or more of the following: (1) The equipment is positioned so as to enable the user to observe, or to receive or capture a visual imag...
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