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Los Angeles Municipal Code
The full text of the Los Angeles Municipal Code as enacted, organized by title, chapter and section (text last refreshed 2026-10-09). 5 more local codes are listed below. Prefer a plain-English overview? See the Los Angeles regulations guide.
Documents
Los Angeles has two zoning codes
Chapter 1A, the new Zoning Code, applies only to lots zoned under it; its zones are written in two bracket sets, [Form-Frontage-Standards][Use-Density] (§ 1.3.1). Every other lot is governed by Chapter 1, whose zones look like C2-1-L-D or R4-2-D. Chapter 1A's Article 13 (administrative procedures) applies to both (§ 1.4.2).
Los Angeles Planning & Zoning Code — LAMC Chapter 1 · Los Angeles Zoning Code — LAMC Chapter 1A
2026-08 edition · updated 2026-09-23
Los Angeles Building Code — LAMC Chapter IX
702 chapters
2026-08 edition · updated 2026-09-23
Los Angeles Business Tax & Permits — LAMC Chapter II
140 chapters
2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-09
Los Angeles Municipal Code
1894 chapters
2026-08 edition · updated 2026-10-05
Los Angeles Planning & Zoning Code — LAMC Chapter 1
176 chapters
2026-08 edition · updated 2026-09-23
Los Angeles Rent Stabilization & Housing — LAMC Chapters XV-XVI
181 chapters
2026-08 edition · updated 2026-10-08
Los Angeles Zoning Code — LAMC Chapter 1A
213 chapters
Official guidance
Dated notices, forms, rates and FAQs Los Angeles publishes on its own site. They are not the municipal code; each links to the official source for the current version.
dated rental guidance snapshot · updated 2026-09-28
Los Angeles RSO: 2026–2027 Annual Rent Increase
2026-09-26 official guidance snapshot · updated 2026-09-26
Official city rental guidance: la-renter-protections
2026-09-26 official guidance snapshot · updated 2026-09-26
Official city rental guidance: la-rso-coverage
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2022 PG&E Greenbook (Gas & Electric Service Requirements)
2025 edition
2025 California ADU Handbook (HCD)
2025 edition
California Administrative Code (Title 24, Part 1)
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California Building Code (Title 24, Part 2)
2025 edition
California Energy Code (Title 24, Part 6)
2025 edition
California Existing Building Code (Title 24, Part 10)
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California Fire Code (Title 24, Part 9)
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California Green Building Standards Code (Title 24, Part 11)
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California Historical Building Code (Title 24, Part 8)
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California Mechanical Code (Title 24, Part 4)
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California Plumbing Code (Title 24, Part 5)
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California Referenced Standards Code (Title 24, Part 12)
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California Residential Code (Title 24, Part 2.5)
2025 edition
California Wildland-Urban Interface Code (Title 24, Part 7.5)
California property law by topic
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Topic 1
Development & building
What can be built and how: the Title 24 building codes, every city and county zoning code, and the state planning, environmental and development-finance law above them.
- Planning, zoning & local codes
- Building codes & local amendments
- Housing development approvals
- +3 more subjects
Topic 2
Buying & selling
The rules for the people who carry a sale: real estate licensing, broker supervision, trust funds and the Real Estate Commissioner's regulations.
- Licensing & discipline
- Broker supervision
- Trust funds & client money
- +4 more subjects
Topic 3
Renting & eviction
Rent caps, just cause, deposits, repairs and entry, the eviction lawsuit itself, and the fair-housing rules every rental decision is read against.
- Lease & tenancy rights
- Deposits, repairs & habitability
- Rent limits & just cause
- +4 more subjects
Topic 4
Owning & HOAs
What comes with holding a property: HOA disclosures, assessments and disputes, loan servicing, homeowners insurance, trusts, and passing a home on at death.
- HOAs & common-interest developments
- Mortgage & loan servicing
- Insurance renewal, cancellation & wildfire
- +5 more subjects
Topic 5
Foreclosure & auctions
The law and official process for trustee's sales, tax-defaulted property, judgment enforcement, probate sales and bankruptcy.
- Trustee's sales & nonjudicial foreclosure
- Tax-defaulted property sales
- Judgment enforcement & sheriff sales
- +4 more subjects
Topic 6
Property taxes
Find property assessment, reassessment, exemptions, tax bills, appeals and transfer taxes by the task you need to complete.
- Assessment & base-year value
- Change in ownership & reassessment
- Inheritance, gifts & exclusions
- +5 more subjects
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