SECTIONS 8893.1-8893.5 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 8893.1-8893.5

8893.1. (a) For purposes of this chapter, "adequate wall anchorage"
means a connection between the wall and the floor, or between the
wall and the roof construction, of a precast concrete or reinforced
masonry building with wood frame floors or roof, which is capable of
resisting the horizontal forces specified in Section 2310 or Section
2336 of the 1991 Edition of the Uniform Building Code of the
International Conference of Building Officials. If adequate wall
anchorage is achieved within three years from the date of receipt of
notice pursuant to this chapter then compliance as specified in
Section 8893.4 shall be deemed to have been achieved.
(b) Adequate wall anchorage shall include compliance with
requirements for continuous ties or struts between diaphragm chords
as specified in Section 2337 of the 1991 Edition of the Uniform
Building Code of the International Conference of Building Officials.

8893.2. On and after January 1, 1993, the transferor, or his or her
agent, of any precast concrete or reinforced masonry building with
wood frame floors or roofs, built before January 1, 1975, which is
located within any county or city shall, as soon as practicable
before the sale, transfer, or exchange, deliver to the purchaser a
copy of the Commercial Property Owner's Guide to Earthquake Safety
described in Section 10147 of the Business and Professions Code.

8893.3. This article does not apply to any of the following:
(a) Transfers which are required to be preceded by the furnishing
to a prospective transferee of a copy of a public report pursuant to
Section 11018.1 of the Business and Professions Code.
(b) Transfers pursuant to court order, including, but not limited
to, transfers ordered by a probate court in the administration of an
estate, transfers pursuant to a writ of execution, transfers by a
trustee in bankruptcy, transfers by eminent domain, or transfers
resulting from a decree for specific performance.
(c) Transfers to a mortgagee by a mortgagor in default, transfers
to a beneficiary of a deed of trust by a trustor in default,
transfers by any foreclosure sale after default, transfers by any
foreclosure sale after default in an obligation secured by a
mortgage, transfers by a sale under a power of sale after a default
in an obligation secured by a deed of trust or secured by any other
instrument containing a power of sale, or any subsequent transfer by
a mortgagor or beneficiary of a deed of trust who accepts a deed in
lieu of foreclosure or purchases the property at a foreclosure sale.
(d) Transfers by a fiduciary in the course of the administration
of a decedent's estate, guardianship, conservatorship, or trust.
(e) Transfers from one coowner to one or more coowners.
(f) Transfers made to a spouse, or to a person or persons in the
lineal line of consanguinity of one or more of the transferors.
(g) Transfers between spouses resulting from a decree of
dissolution of a marriage, from a decree of legal separation, or from
a property settlement agreement incidental to either of those
decrees.
(h) Transfers by the Controller in the course of administering the
Unclaimed Property Law, Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 1500) of
Title 10 of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(i) Transfers under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 3691) or
Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 3771) of Part 6 of Division 1 of
the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(j) Transfers for which the transferee has agreed in writing that
the building or structure will be demolished within one year of the
date of transfer.

8893.4. If the transferee has received notice pursuant to this
chapter and has not brought the building or structure into compliance
within three years of that date, the owner shall not receive payment
from any state assistance program for earthquake repairs resulting
from damage during an earthquake until all other applicants have been
paid.

8893.5. No transfer of title shall be invalidated on the basis of a
failure to comply with this chapter.