H151 - Vacation Rentals/Orange County Jail Construction. (SL 2016-98)

Overview: Part I of S.L. 2016-98 makes changes to the Vacation Rental Act and amends provisions of law related to summary ejectment and residential rental agreements as follows:

• Amends the Vacation Rental Act by adding definitions of terms used in the Act, clarifying when a real estate broker may deduct management fees from advanced payments, requiring landlords to provide carbon monoxide detectors in rental properties, setting out responsibilities of real estate brokers managing rental properties, and providing for early termination of vacation rental agreements when a member of the Armed Forces is deployed or relocated.
• Provides that a real estate broker or firm is not personally liable in a civil action between landlord and tenant solely because he or she fails to identify the landlord in a rental agreement.
• Provides that a landlord may charge a court-appearance fee in a successfully prosecuted summary ejectment action, but the fee is vacated if the tenant appeals the judgment.

This part became effective July 1, 2016, but does not affect any litigation pending on that date.