{
  "section": "4753",
  "code": "California Civil Code",
  "law_code": "CIV",
  "citation": "California Civil Code § 4753",
  "heading": "Clotheslines and Drying Racks",
  "heading_is_editorial": true,
  "effective": "2017-01-01",
  "amended_by": "Added by renumbering Section 4750.10 by Stats. 2016, Ch. 714, Sec. 7. (SB 944) Effective January 1, 2017.",
  "official_credit_line": "Added by renumbering Section 4750.10 by Stats. 2016, Ch. 714, Sec. 7. (SB 944) Effective January 1, 2017.",
  "official_url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV&sectionNum=4753.",
  "page_url": "https://quoroom.org/law/pets",
  "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_4753",
      "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": "For the purposes of this section, “clothesline” includes a cord, rope, or wire from which laundered items may be hung to dry or air. A balcony, railing, awning, or other part of a structure or building shall not qualify as a clothesline.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/law/pets#s4753-a"
    },
    {
      "id": "b",
      "label": "(b)",
      "text": "For the purposes of this section, “drying rack” means an apparatus from which laundered items may be hung to dry or air. A balcony, railing, awning, or other part of a structure or building shall not qualify as a drying rack.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/law/pets#s4753-b"
    },
    {
      "id": "c",
      "label": "(c)",
      "text": "Any provision of a governing document, as defined in Section 4150, shall be void and unenforceable if it effectively prohibits or unreasonably restricts an owner’s ability to use a clothesline or drying rack in the owner’s backyard.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/law/pets#s4753-c"
    },
    {
      "id": "d-1",
      "label": "(d)(1)",
      "text": "This section does not apply to provisions that impose reasonable restrictions on an owner’s backyard for the use of a clothesline or drying rack.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/law/pets#s4753-d-1"
    },
    {
      "id": "d-2",
      "label": "(d)(2)",
      "text": "For purposes of this section, “reasonable restrictions” are restrictions that do not significantly increase the cost of using a clothesline or drying rack.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/law/pets#s4753-d-2"
    },
    {
      "id": "d-3",
      "label": "(d)(3)",
      "text": "This section applies only to backyards that are designated for the exclusive use of the owner.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/law/pets#s4753-d-3"
    },
    {
      "id": "e",
      "label": "(e)",
      "text": "Nothing in this section shall prohibit an association from establishing and enforcing reasonable rules governing clotheslines or drying racks.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/law/pets#s4753-e"
    }
  ]
}