In any action arising out of the provisions of this chapter the prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees and costs. A party shall be deemed a prevailing party for the purposes of this section if the judgment is rendered in his or her favor or where the litigation is dismissed in his or her favor prior to or during the trial, unless the parties otherwise agree in the settlement or compromise.
Cal. Civ. Code § 798.85
Actions, Proceedings, and Penalties
Known as the Mobilehome Residency Law
The act spans §§ 798–799 (109 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 4 Cal. 4th 1187 - Rubin v. Green (1993)
Most recently applied in 91 F. App'x 14 - Edwards v. Marin Park, Inc. (January 2004)
Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 519, Sec. 11.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.