{
  "section": "4739",
  "code": "California Civil Code",
  "law_code": "CIV",
  "citation": "California Civil Code § 4739",
  "heading": "Renting a Portion of an Owner-Occupied Separate Interest",
  "heading_is_editorial": true,
  "effective": "2023-01-01",
  "amended_by": "Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 858, Sec. 3. (AB 1410) Effective January 1, 2023.",
  "official_credit_line": "Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 858, Sec. 3. (AB 1410) Effective January 1, 2023.",
  "official_url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV&sectionNum=4739.",
  "page_url": "https://quoroom.org/law/rentals",
  "pending_amendment": null,
  "version_history": [],
  "verified": "two sources agree",
  "verification_note": "Text taken verbatim from the Legislative Counsel of California official code database and checked word for word against an independent publisher.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "url": "https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip",
      "accessed": "2026-10-11",
      "name": "leginfo (Legislative Counsel official bulk code database, LAW_SECTION_TBL)",
      "note": "Authoritative. Retrieved with tools/fetch.py, which reads the archive's central directory by HTTP range request and fetches only this section's member. The leginfo.legislature.ca.gov HTML page sits behind a bot challenge; this is the same database that backs it."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://california.public.law/codes/civil_code_section_4739",
      "accessed": "2026-10-11",
      "name": "California Public Law (Public.Law)",
      "note": "Independent publisher, used to check the text word for word.",
      "edition": "2025"
    }
  ],
  "subdivisions": [
    {
      "id": "a",
      "label": "(a)",
      "text": "Notwithstanding Section 4740, an owner of a separate interest in a common interest development shall not be subject to a provision in a governing document, or amendments thereto, that prohibits the rental or leasing of a portion of the owner-occupied separate interest in that common interest development to a renter, lessee, or tenant for a period of more than 30 days.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/law/rentals#s4739-a"
    },
    {
      "id": "b",
      "label": "(b)",
      "text": "Nothing in this section shall permit an owner of a separate interest or a resident renting or leasing a portion of the owner-occupied separate interest to violate any provision of the association governing documents that govern conduct in the separate interest or common areas, or that govern membership rights or privileges, including, but not limited to, parking restrictions and guest access to common facilities.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/law/rentals#s4739-b"
    }
  ]
}