GigRentals LLC
Terms of Service
GigRentals materials are product templates for an application process. They are not legal, tax, or insurance advice. A California attorney and a licensed broker must review any live program. Quotes are estimates. Applications are not offers. Inspection, underwriting, match, and countersignature are required before any vehicle changes hands.
1. Marketplace, not an agency
GigRentals LLC is a California marketplace and insurance intermediary. We help owners stand up their own rideshare-rental business, and we match people who want to learn gig driving with those cars. We do not take title, do not employ drivers, and we are not the named insured on the per-trip binder.
The platform lists vehicles offered by independent hosts and time windows requested by independent renters. GigRentals does not own the fleet, does not hold itself out as a California rental-car company on these Terms, and does not provide transportation to passengers. Hosts and renters contract through the platform. The LLC may be named insured or additional interest on a master auto policy that attaches only in Period 2 and sits excess in Period 3.
2. Who may use the platform
Hosts must have title or lienholder consent, a vehicle that can still meet Uber/Lyft’s published age window (generally 15 model years), California registration, and must accept a hardwired GPS / kill-switch (Bouncie, Zubie, or equivalent) before the first rental. Renters must be 21+, hold a valid license, pass identity verification (Stripe Identity or Jumio) and a motor-vehicle record check (Checkr or successor), and be authorized to work in the United States.
3. Deposits and payments
A refundable security deposit (default $249) is authorized on the renter’s card through the payment gateway and released if the return condition report is clean. Monthly seat rent and any separately disclosed fees are collected in advance. Host pay is in arrears, net of the chosen protection-plan take (15% or 25%).
4. Insurance periods
Period 1 (off-rental): owner policy only; marketplace has zero liability. Period 2 (possession, gig app off): a per-trip PVSP binder (CA Ins. Code § 11580.24) names the driver as insured and the owner as additional insured. We call Lula, Tint, or ABI; we are not the policyholder. Period 3 (gig app on): Uber, Lyft, or DoorDash is primary. Claims route to the InsurTech, not our ledger.
5. Telematics
Hardwired trackers are mandatory. They exist to recover a stolen vehicle, verify mileage against the lease, and immobilize after default. Hosts see city and neighborhood, not a live street pin. Tamper is default.
6. No employment
Renters are not employees or gig contractors of GigRentals. The LLC does not dispatch rides. Time blocks are lease availability windows.
7. Applications
Nothing on the site is an offer to rent, insure, or employ. Inspection, underwriting, match, and countersignature are conditions precedent.
8. Electronic signatures
You agree that a typed legal name, initials, and checkbox are your electronic signature under the federal E-SIGN Act and the California Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. We keep a copy. You may download yours from the account.
9. Tax and information returns
You will give a complete W-9 (or W-8). We or Stripe may file 1099-K / 1099-NEC when thresholds in the then-current factor table are met. We do not give tax advice. See /tax.
10. Background checks
Lessees authorize identity verification and a motor-vehicle record. If we take adverse action based on a consumer report we will follow FCRA notice rules. See /disclosures.
11. Privacy
The Privacy Policy is part of these Terms. We do not sell personal information. Device snapshots for fraud are described at /cookies.
12. Venue
California law, excluding conflict rules. Exclusive venue: state or federal courts in San Francisco County, California, unless a statute says otherwise.