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DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS 1427-3273.91›PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS 1738-3273.91›TITLE 1.3.5. Consumer Refunds 1748.40-1748.84›CHAPTER 2. Hotel and Private Residence Rental Reservation Refunds 1748.80-1748.84

§ 1748.80

California Civil Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California

For purposes of this chapter:

(a) “Hosting platform” has the same meaning as defined in Section 22590 of the Business and Professions Code.

(b) (1) “Hotel” means a hotel, motel, bed and breakfast inn, or other similar transient lodging establishment located in this state.

(2) “Hotel” does not include a residential hotel, as defined in Section 50519 of the Health and Safety Code.

(c) “Third-party booking service” means a person that facilitates the booking of a hotel room or short-term rental in this state.

(d) “Short-term rental” means a residential dwelling, or any portion of a residential dwelling, that is rented to a person or persons for 30 or fewer consecutive days and that is located in this state.

(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 718, Sec. 3. (SB 644) Effective January 1, 2024.)

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