The annual registration fee for rental units in West Hollywood is due July 1. If payment is made after July 15, a late fee can be assessed.

Annual registration fee bills are mailed to the mailing addresses on file by mid-June. Please notify the Rent Stabilization Division if your contact information has changed to avoid missing bills and incurring late fees. You can update our records by submitting a Property Information Update.

Payment options:

2.  Mail to City of West Hollywood – Rent Stabilization
      c/o US Bank 
      PO Box 51946
      Los Angeles, CA 90051-6246

3. In person at City Hall by check or by credit/debit at the cashier window 
     (please bring a copy of your registration bill)

Certain senior or disabled landlords may be eligible to pay these fees in installments by filing a Registration Fee Deferral application with the Rent Stabilization Division. Information about the Registration Fee Deferral program is available by contacting a Counselor at the Rent Stabilization and Housing Department.

Passing Through Half of Fee to Tenants

One half of the annual registration fee may be passed on to tenants in twelve (12) equal monthly installments. Currently $6.00 per month.

The tenants' installments:

• may not be demanded for periods in which the landlord did not pay the registration fees.
• may not be charged retroactively for periods when the landlord did not charge them to the tenants;
• may not be charged in a lump sum.

If the landlord has not passed the fee through to the tenant, they must give the tenant 30-day written notice that the fee will be charged as part of the terms of tenancy. The pass-through of the tenants' portion of the fees is not rent but a fee payment in addition to the rent and is deducted from the rent before calculating annual rent increases, then added back to the increased rent.

Exemption From Fees for Individual Units

Landlords may file an Exemption Application to waive the registration fees on certain units (view more information about unit exemptions), including, but not limited to landlord or relative occupied units and units subsidized by the government. It is the landlord's responsibility to apply for such exemptions by July 1 of each billing year. If the application is not filed before this date, registration fees will be charged for the unit for the fiscal year.

New owners who move onto the property, must submit a property file amendment changing the ownership of the property and alsoan exemption form for owner-occupancy of their unit within 30 days of taking possession of the property. If the unit in which the new owners live has an exemption from the last owners, it will be lost until the next fiscal if the exemption is not reewed within 30 days.

If you feel one or more of your units may be eligible for an exemption from registration fees, please contact the Rent Stabilization and Housing Department at (323) 848-6450.