Tulare imposes no annual day cap on extended home-share arrangements or long-term hosted stays. Because there is no STR ordinance, hosts may rent rooms or entire dwellings for as many nights as desired, subject only to the general business license requirement (Tulare Municipal Code Title 5) and California state landlord-tenant law (AB 1482 rent cap / just-cause eviction, Civ. Code §§ 1946.2 and 1947.12) once a guest stays long enough to acquire tenant status. Stays of 30 days or more are not subject to transient occupancy tax under Tulare County's TOT framework.
Some California cities cap unhosted STRs at 90 nights/year or extended home-shares at 180 days; Tulare has no equivalent cap. However, California Civil Code § 1940 et seq. and the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act apply once a stay exceeds 30 consecutive days, at which point the occupant generally acquires tenant protections — including AB 1482 statewide just-cause eviction protections after 12 months of occupancy and the 5% + CPI (max 10%) annual rent-cap (Civ. Code § 1947.12). The Tulare County TOT FAQ confirms that TOT applies only to occupancy of less than 30 days; stays of 30 days or longer are exempt. Operators running 'extended home-share' arrangements for periods that may straddle the 30-day line should track each guest's actual length of stay to determine TOT applicability and whether tenant-protection laws are triggered.
There is no city violation for extended hosting. Failing to honor AB 1482 protections (Civ. Code § 1946.2) after a stay becomes a tenancy can expose the host to civil damages under state law. Failing to track the 30-day TOT exemption correctly can lead to either underpayment or overpayment of TOT.
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