California Codes, Civil Code - CIV, Division 3 — Obligations, Part 2 — Contracts, Title 2 — Manner of Creating Contracts, Section 1630.5
The provisions of any contract of bailment for the parking or storage of a motor vehicle shall not exempt the bailee from liability, either in whole or in part, for the theft of any motor vehicle, when such motor vehicle is parked or stored with such bailee, and the keys are required by such bailee to be left in the parked or stored vehicle.
Notes
Prohibits a parking or storage bailment contract from exempting the bailee, wholly or partly, from liability for theft of a motor vehicle when the bailee requires the vehicle’s keys to be left in the parked or stored vehicle. Contract language cannot waive that theft responsibility in the covered circumstance.
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