California Business and Professions Code

§ 17568.6

BPC § 17568.6 Effective Jan 1, 2024Div. 7 · Part 3 · Ch. 1 · Art. 3.5

Statute text

(a)(1) A place of short-term lodging, an internet website, application, or other similar centralized platform, or any other person shall not advertise, display, or offer a room rate, as defined in Section 17561, that does not include all fees or charges required to stay at the short-term lodging except taxes and fees imposed by a government on the stay.

(2)A place of short-term lodging, an internet website, application, or other similar centralized platform, or any other person shall include in the total price to be paid, before the consumer reserves the stay, all taxes and fees imposed by a government on the stay.

(b)For purposes of this section, “short-term lodging” means any hotel, motel, bed and breakfast inn, or other transient lodging. “Short-term lodging” also includes a short-term rental, or a residential property that is rented to a visitor for 30 consecutive days or less through a centralized platform whereby the rental is advertised, displayed, or offered and payments for the rental are processed.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 805, Sec. 1. (AB 537) Effective January 1, 2024. Operative July 1, 2024, by its own provisions.