Rialto, CA Rental Property Rules: Rent Increase Notice (2026)
Key Facts
- State notice baseline
- Civil Code Section 798.30
- City filing deadline
- Copy to city clerk within 5 days
- Voluntary negotiation window
- 30 days before formal rent notice
- Increase frequency cap
- One increase per 12-month period
- Defective notice consequence
- Increase not valid or collectible
Summary
Before raising mobile home space rent, a Rialto park owner must serve written notice under Civil Code Sec. 798.30, tell affected homeowners a rent-increase filing is going to the Mobile Home Rent Review Commission, and give the city clerk a copy within five days; RMC Sec. 4.01.060(B) layers these city filing duties on top of the state notice, and only one increase is allowed per year.
B.In order to implement a rent increase, the mobile home park owner shall do all of the following:1.At least thirty days prior to the service of a notice of a proposed rent increase, as required by Civil Code Section 798.30, the park owner may provide written notice to the affected recognized association (see Section 4.01.030 C) with the city clerk... In the event that the mobile home park owner is unable to effect proper service upon the recognized association, the mobile home park owner shall post the notice in a conspicuous place in the affected mobile home park.2.Prior to the effective date of any proposed rent increase, the mobile home park owner shall serve each affected homeowner, in accordance with California Civil Code, Section 798.30, and in addition, with notice that a request for approval of the proposed rent increase is being filed with the commission.3.The mobile home park owner shall file a copy of any notice served pursuant to subsection (B)(2) of this section with the commission by delivery to the city clerk no later than five days after service upon the homeowners.4.No more than one increase in space rent shall be allowed in any twelve-month period.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 39).
Full Breakdown
RMC Sec. 060(B) sets out what a mobile home park owner in Rialto must do to put a space rent increase into effect. 30, the owner may give written notice to the park's recognized homeowners' association, filed with the city clerk, that a rent-increase notice is coming; if the owner cannot serve the association, the notice must be posted conspicuously in the park instead. 30 notice plus a separate notice that a request for commission approval is being filed, and deliver a copy of that notice to the city clerk no later than five days after serving homeowners.
RMC Sec. 060(B)(4) caps owners to one space rent increase in any twelve-month period. RMC Sec. 060(B)(2)-(3) service and filing steps. If a voluntary agreement is not reached, the owner must tell the city clerk in writing before serving the formal notice of increase, which starts the chapter's mediation process. Under RMC Sec. 060(A)(2), skipping any of these steps means the resulting rent increase is not valid, enforceable, or collectible until the negotiation, mediation, or commission hearing process is completed.
Violations & Fines
A rent increase served without following RMC Sec. 4.01.060(B)'s notice and filing steps is not valid, enforceable, or collectible under Sec. 4.01.060(A)(2). A park owner who demands or collects space rent under a defective notice is subject to a civil suit under RMC Sec. 4.01.120 for actual damages plus $500 or three times the overcharge, whichever is greater, and commits a misdemeanor, with each day of continued violation a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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