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Hunter Lease is a licensed California auto broker (#21138) that runs car leasing across the whole state online, from Los Angeles and San Diego to the Bay Area, Sacramento, the Inland Empire, and the Central Valley. You browse the catalog, compare the best car lease deals in California on real numbers, and see one locked all-in price with every fee and the full bank math open on the page. Browsing needs no credit check and no sign-up, so you can lease a car in California on your own terms before anyone runs anything.
Updated July 2026
Every trim with its payment, due at signing, term, and Hunter Score already set. The money factor and every fee are open right on the page.
Payments computed with California sales tax (ZIP 90012)
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In California the sales tax on a lease is charged on each monthly payment, not on the full price of the car up front, at the local rate for the address where you register the car on top of the 7.25% state base. Because it rides the payment, your due at signing is usually lower than first-time lessees expect.
Source: CDTFACharging works statewide: a 2025 Hyundai IONIQ 5 and the 2026 IONIQ 9 ship with a built-in NACS port and reach roughly 20,000 Tesla Superchargers with no adapter, and earlier IONIQ 5 and IONIQ 6 use a complimentary NACS adapter Hyundai provided in 2025.
Source: HyundaiHunter Lease lives entirely online, so where you sit in California does not change your deal. A driver in San Diego and a driver in Sacramento open the same catalog, see the same Hyundai and Kia inventory, and get the same locked all-in price on the same car. There is no local branch quietly marking up the number and no negotiation that rewards whoever pushes hardest.
Each deal shows the full bank math out in the open: money factor, residual value, and every fee that rolls into the payment. That is the 11-Key lock, and it means the figure on the page is the figure on the contract, not a teaser that grows at the desk. Every car also carries a Hunter Score, so comparing a Kia in the Inland Empire against a Hyundai in the Bay Area is a matter of reading real numbers, not decoding a pitch.
You can browse and compare as long as you like with no credit check and no sign-up, because nothing about looking should cost you anything. The only fee is a $95 service fee at the very end, after you have seen the complete math and decided to move. It is fully refundable on request any time before you sign the contract; once you sign, it is earned and applied to your deal.
California does not tax a lease the way many first-timers expect. Instead of charging sales tax on the whole value of the car up front, the state charges tax on each monthly payment as you make it. That is calculated at the rate for the address where you register the car, on top of the 7.25% California state base, which is part of why the due-at-signing amount is usually lower than people brace for.
Registration and DMV paperwork are part of the deal and get handled inside the process, so you are not chasing forms across the state on your own. When you are ready to move, one hard credit pull happens at the credit application right before signing, and only with your explicit authorization. The bank sets the real rate and makes the final decision, which is why we never print a payment we cannot back with a live program.
For electric models, remember that the federal EV tax credit ended on September 30, 2025, so any EV discount you see today is manufacturer lease cash set by that month's bank program, not a government credit. On the plus side, a Hyundai IONIQ 5 from 2025 on and the IONIQ 9 have native NACS and reach around 20,000 Tesla Superchargers with no adapter, while earlier IONIQ 5 and IONIQ 6 cars use a complimentary NACS adapter to do the same. Those details live in the catalog next to each car's live price and Hunter Score.
Yes. Hunter Lease is online and statewide, covering Los Angeles, San Diego, the Bay Area, Sacramento, the Inland Empire, the Central Valley, and everywhere in between. The catalog, the locked price, and the process are the same no matter which part of California you call home.
You pick up at the winning dealer, and you see that dealer's location along with the full locked price before you commit to anything. Right now the strongest Hyundai and Kia programs we track are concentrated with Southern California dealers, so if you live far from SoCal, plan a pickup day (a straightforward drive via I-5) or arrange transport.
Yes, an SSN is required to apply, since the bank needs it to run the credit application. Thin or brand-new US credit is fine, and a co-signer can help strengthen the application. There is no no-SSN or ITIN path, so we will not promise one.
California charges sales tax on each monthly lease payment rather than on the whole car up front. The rate is the one for the address where you register the car, applied on top of the 7.25% California state base. Because it is spread across the payments, the amount due at signing is often lower than first-timers expect.
No. There is no showroom anywhere, because Hunter Lease is fully online. You pick the exact car, see one locked all-in price with the full bank math open on the page, and only meet a dealer at pickup, after every number is settled.