Statute · California Business and Professions Code
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 13800 — Rental Vehicles
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 13800
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- California Business and Professions Code
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Date
- 2008-01-01
- Current through
- Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a rental vehicle’s fuel gauge installed by the vehicle’s manufacturer may be used in a rental transaction by a rental company to calculate an optional charge for fueling when any of the following occurs:
Citator
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 13800 — Rental Vehicles is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a rental vehicle’s fuel gauge installed by the vehicle’s manufacturer may be used in a rental transaction by a rental company to calculate an optional charge for fueling when any of the following occurs:
(1) The customer could have avoided incurring the charge by returning the rental vehicle with the same amount of fuel as was in the fuel tank at the commencement of the rental.
(2) The customer chose to purchase the amount of fuel inside the fuel tank at the commencement of the rental.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to preclude a rental company from offering additional fueling options to customers besides those described in subdivision (a).