SECTIONS 38780-38785 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 38780-38785

38780. A city by ordinance may provide that prior to the sale or
exchange of any residential building, the owner or his authorized
agent shall obtain from the city a report of the residential building
record showing the regularly authorized use, occupancy, and zoning
classifications of such property.

38781. The report of residential building record shall be delivered
by the owner, or the authorized agent of the owner, to the buyer or
transferee of the residential building prior to the consummation of
the sale or exchange.

38782. The ordinance may require payment of a reasonable fee by the
owner, or his authorized agent, for the issuance of such reports.

38783. The ordinance shall provide that it shall be unlawful for
the owner of a residential building to sell or exchange same without
first having obtained and delivered to the buyer a report of
residential building record.

38784. This article shall not apply to the first sale of a
residential building located in a subdivision whose final map has
been approved and recorded in accordance with the Subdivision Map Act
not more than two years prior to the first sale.

38785. No sale or exchange of residential property shall be
invalidated solely because of the failure of any person to comply
with any provision of an ordinance adopted pursuant to this article
unless such failure is an act or omission which would be a valid
ground for rescission of such sale or exchange in the absence of this
article.