Se Dicloure Chart Member Leg Service Tel (213) 739-8282 Fax (213) 480-7724 Dec. 30, 2015 (revied) REALTORS know ver well the importance, and the complexit, of the variou tate and feder dicloure law governing re etate tranaction in Cifornia. Thi Se Dicloure Chart i deigned to provide REALTORS and their client with an ea-to-ue reference guide for determining the applicabilit of thee law to the e tranaction mot commonl handled b re etate licenee. Be ure to check the detailed dicloure information in the Summar Dicloure Chart ince there ma be exception or peci exemption to a dicloure requirement. The Se Dicloure Chart addree the gener applicabilit of common dicloure requirement in particular tpe of tranaction, but doe not cover l dicloure required b law uch a addition loc requirement. Finl, certain tranaction, including new home, ubdiviion, and common interet development e, are ubject to eparate dicloure requirement. Dicloure 1-4 e Trut / Foreclou
Dicloure 1-4 e Trut / Foreclou Adviabilit of Title Inurance (When No Title Inurance Iued) Ye* Ye* Ye* Ye* Ye* No C. Civ. Code 1057.6. *Tpicl handled b ecrow agent Agenc Dicloure (education form) and Agenc Confirmation (who repreent each part) Ye Ye Ye No Ye* Ye Dicloure Form: AD Confirmation Form: "Agenc" ection of purchae agreement or AC-6 C. Civ. Code 2079.13 et eq. Effective Jan. 1, 2015* Airport in Ye No No No No Ye NHD expert' Vicinit 1 report C. Civ. Code 1103.4. Area of Potenti Flooding 1 Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye NHD (if form required) C. Gov't. Code 8589.4, 8589.5; C. Civ. Code 1103 et eq.
Dicloure 1-4 e Trut / Foreclou Broker' Statutor Dut to Inpect Ye* Ye* Ye* No No Ye TDS (for re propert) MHTDS (for peron propert manufactured or mobile home) AVID ma be ued (if TDS and MHTDS not required) C. Civ. Code 2079 et eq. *See Summar Dicloure Chart for Exemption Carbon Monoxide Detector Dicloure Ye No No No No Ye TDS (for re propert) MHTDS (for peron propert manufactured or mobile home) C. Civ. Code 1102.6, 1102.6d.
Dicloure 1-4 e Trut / Foreclou Carbon Monoxide Detector Compliance Ye* Ye* Ye* Ye* No Ye* No compliance certification required C. Heth Safet Code 17926. *Intlation i not a precondition of e or tranfer of the dwelling. See Summar Dicloure Chart for addition detail. Commerci Owner' Guide to Earthquake Safet (Booklet) Ye 2 No No Ye* No/Ye* No The Commerci Owner' Guide to Earthquake Safet C. Bu. Prof. Code 10147; C. Gov't Code 8875.6, 8875.9, 8893.2, 8893.3; C. Civ. Code 2079.9. *See Summar Dicloure Chart for Exemption Death (in lat 3 ear) Ye* Ye* Ye* Ye* Ye* No** TDS (if required) SSD or SPQ ma be ued (if TDS not required) C. Civ. Code 1710.2. *if deemed a "materi fact" **Statute applie onl to re etate but ma be required under "materi fact" ani.
Dicloure 1-4 e Trut / Foreclou Earthquake Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye NHD (if form Fault Zone 1 required) C. Pub. Code 2621 et eq.; C. Civ. Code 1103 et eq. Public Reource Code 25402.10 20 Cifornia Code of Regulation 1680-1684 Energ Ue Report No No No No No/Ye No EPA' Portfolio Manager Energ Star Report 15. Thi law ha been repeed effective Januar 1, 2016. C.Pub.Re. Code 25402.10. Effective date i Januar 1, 2014 for building with 50,000 q. ft. or
Dicloure 1-4 e Trut / Foreclou more Effective date i Januar 1, 2014 for building with 10, 000 to 50,000 q. ft. Effective date i Jul 1, 2016 for building with 5,000 to 10,000 q. ft. Farm or Ranch Proximit 1 Ye No No No No Ye NHD expert' report C. Civ. Code 1103.4. FHA/HUD Inpection Notice Ye* Ye* Ye* No No No HID HUD Mortgagee Letter 06-24 *Required onl for FHA loan or HUDowned propert b lender.
Dicloure 1-4 e Trut / Foreclou FIRPTA (Feder Tax Withholding) and Cifornia Tax Withholding Ye* Ye* Ye* Ye* Ye* No AS ma be ued (applie to both feder and Cifornia Tax Withholding). C. Rev. Tax Code 18662, 18668; 26 U.S.C. 1445. *If eller eligible, AS or other form required to avoid withholding b ecrow. AB ma be ued (applie onl to feder withholding). Flood Diater Inurance Requirement Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye 5 Ye 42 U.S.C. 5154a. Ga and Hazardou Liquid Tranmiio n Pipeline Notice Ye Ye Ye Ye No No Hazardou Subtance, releae of ft No No No No Ye No note 17 "Ga and Hazardou Tranmiio n Pipeline" dicloure ection of contract C. Civ. Code 2079.10.5. Heth Saf. Code 25359.7
Dicloure 1-4 e Trut / Foreclou Home Energ Rating Stem (HERS) Bookle t (Option Dicloure 4 -- Booklet Now Available) No No No No No No Home Energ Rating Stem (HERS) Booklet (part of Combined Hazard Booklet) C. Civ. Code 2079.10; C. Pub. Code 25402.9, 25942. Homeowner' Guide to Earthquake Safet (Booklet and Form) Ye* No No No No No 6 The Homeowner' Guide to Earthquake Safet "Reidenti Earthquake Hazard Report" Form in Booklet C. Bu. Prof. Code 10149; C. Gov't Code 8897.1, 8897.5; C. Civ. Code 2079.8. *See Summar Dicloure Chart for Exemption. Ue Zone Location Ye No 3 No No No No SSD or SPQ ma be ued C. Civ. Code 1102.17; C. Code of Civ. Proc. 731a.
Dicloure 1-4 e Trut / Foreclou Lead-Baed Paint Pamphlet and Form Ye* Ye* No/Ye* Ye* No Ye (Probabl) 7 Pamphlet:Prote ct Your Famil From Lead In Your Home (incorporated in Reidenti Environment Hazard: A Guide for Homeowner, Buer, Landlord and Tenant) Form: FLD 42 U.S.C.S. 4852d; 40 CFR Part 745. *Applie onl to reidenti propert built before 1978. See the Summar Dicloure Chart for exemption. Materi Fact 8 Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye TDS or MHTDS (if required) Cae law; C. Civ. Code 2079 et eq. The ESD or SPQ i required contractul b the RPA-CA depending on whether the tranaction i TDS exempt. If a TDS i required, then an SPQ i o required. IF the tranaction i TDS exempt, then the ESD i
Dicloure 1-4 e Trut / Foreclou required. Megan' Law Dicloure (Regitered Sex Offender Databae) Ye Ye Ye No No No "Databae Dicloure" ection of contract C. Civ. Code 2079.10a. REO and REOL ma be ued for REO tranaction Mello-Roo, 1915 Bond Act Aement 9, and voluntar contractu aement. Ye No 3 No No No No C. Civ. Code 1102.6b; C. Gov't Code 53340.2, 53754, C. Str. H. Code 5898.24.
Dicloure 1-4 e Trut / Foreclou Meth Lab Clea n-up Order (Releae of Illeg Controlled Subtance Remediation Order) Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye* TDS (if required) (quetion II.C.1) SSD or SPQ or MCN ma be ued (if TDS not required) C. Heth Safet Code 25400.28 (dicloure); 25400.11(q) and (r) (definition). *Exempt if located in a mobilehome park or manufactured home park. Militar Ordnance Location Ye No 3 No No No No SSD or SPQ ma be ued C. Civ. Code 1102.15. Mining Operation 1 Ye No No No No Ye NHD expert' report C. Civ. Code 1103.4 Mold (Dicloure of Exceive Mold or Heth Threat) 10 No No No No No/No No RGM ma be ued (option). C. Heth Safet Code 26140, 26141, 26147. CDHS ha not et etablihed limit. Natur Hazard Dicloure Statement Ye No No No No Ye NHD (tatutor form required) C. Civ. Code 1103 et eq.
Dicloure 1-4 e Trut / Foreclou Pet Control Inpection Report and Certification (wood detroing pet or organim) Ye * Ye* Ye* Ye * No/Ye* No C. Civ. Code 1099. *Seller or Seller agent mut deliver inpection report and ubequent certification (of work completed) to Buer onl if required b contract or the Buer lender. Private Tranfer Fee Ye No 3 No No No No NTF ma be ued C. Civ. Code 1102.6e. Reidenti Environment Hazard Booklet (Option Dicloure 11 ) No No No No No No Reidenti Environment Hazard: A Guide for Homeowner, Buer, Landlord and Tenant (o in Combined Hazard Booklet) C. Civ. Code 2079.7.
Dicloure 1-4 e Trut / Foreclou Seimic Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye NHD (if form Hazard Zone 1 required) C. Pub. Code 2694; C. Civ. Code 1103 et eq. Smoke Detector Mut Be In Compliance Ye Ye 16 Ye 16 /Ye Ye No/No** Ye C. Heth Safet Code 13113.7, 13113.8, 18029.6. **Ye, if there i a "dwelling unit" on the commerci or indutri propert Smoke Detector Written Statement of Compliance Ye* No No/Ye* No No Ye*** TDS (now contain tatement of compliance) WHSD ma be ued for re propert when no TDS *** HCD Declaration for mobilehome and manufactured home (MHTDS o contain tatement of C. Heth Safet Code 13113.8, 18029.6; 25 C. Code Reg. 5545. *Required for inglefamil or two-unit dwelling and factorbuilt re propert onl.
Dicloure 1-4 e Trut / Foreclou compliance) Speci Flood Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye NHD (if form Hazard Area 1 required) C. Gov't Code 8589.3; C. Civ. Code 1103 et eq. State Reponibilit Area (Fire Hazard Area) 1 Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye NHD (if form required) C. Pub. Code 4125, 4136; C. Civ. Code 1103 et eq. Supplement Tax Notice Ye No 3 No No No No SPT (or SBSA ma be ued) C. Civ. Code 1102.6c. Tranfer Dicloure Statement Ye No 3 No No No Ye* TDS (for re propert) MHTDS (for peron propert manufactured or mobile home) C. Civ. Code 1102 et eq. * Probate,, REO, and Trut exempt Ver High Fire Hazard Severit Zone 1 Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye NHD (if form required) C. Gov't. Code 51183.5; C. Civ. Code 1103 et eq.
Dicloure 1-4 e Trut / Foreclou Water Conerving Fixture Compliance ( SB 407 ) Ye* Ye* Ye* Ye* No/Ye* No C. Civ. Code 1101.4(b), 1101.5(a) (d). *Applie onl to re propert built on or before Jan. 1, 1994; Effective date of law for ingle-famil reidenti re propert i Jan. 1, 2017; Effective date for two or more unit reid. re prop. and commerci re prop. i Jan. 1, 2019 (l prop.). Effective date of law where ome tpe of permitted improvement are made i Jan. 1, 2014. See the Summar Dicloure Chart for exemption.
Dicloure 1-4 e Trut / Foreclou Water Conerving Fixture Dicloure ( SB 407 ) Ye* Ye* Ye* Ye* No/Ye* No C. Civ. Code 1101.4(c), 1101.5(e), 1102.155. *Applie onl to re propert built on or before Jan. 1, 1994; Effective date of law for ingle-famil reidenti re propert i Jan. 1, 2017; Effective date for two or more unit reid. re prop. and commerci re prop. i Jan. 1, 2019. See the Summar Dicloure Chart for exemption. Water Heater Bracing Requirement Ye 13 C. Heth Safet Ye Ye Ye Ye No/ Mabe 12 Code 19211, 18031.7.
Dicloure 1-4 e Trut / Foreclou Water Heater Bracing Statement of Compliance Ye*** Ye Ye Ye Ye No/ Mabe 12 TDS (now contain tatement of compliance) WHSD ma be ued for re propert if no TDS *** HCD Declaration for mobilehome and manufactured home C. Heth Safet Code 19211, 18031.7; 25 C. Code Reg. 4102. TDS (for re propert) Window Securit Bar Ye No No No No Ye MHTDS (for peron propert manufacture d or mobilehome ) C. Civ. Code 1102.16. ENDNOTES
1. Thi information i included in dicloure report obtainable from third-part dicloure reporting companie. In tranaction requiring a Natur Hazard Dicloure Statement (NHD), thi information mut be dicloed on the NHD form (which o ma be prepared b a thirdpart compan on behf of a eller or re etate agent). Note that the "Airport in Vicinit", "Farm and Ranch Proximit" and "Notice of Mining Operation" dicloure are required to be included, when applicable, on NHD report b expert. The tatute doen't otherwie make thi a dicloure requirement. (C. Civ. Code 1103.4.) 2. Thi dicloure requirement applie to tranfer of precat concrete or reinforced/unreinforced maonr building with wood-frame floor or roof. Though thi requirement i mot relevant to commerci propertie, the law doe not pecificl exempt maonr building ued for reidenti purpoe. 3. Tranfer b fiduciarie (e.g., trutee) adminitering trut generl are exempt from thi dicloure requirement. However, if the trutee i a natur peron who i the ole trutee of a revocable trut and he or he i a former owner of the propert or an occupant in poeion of the propert within the preceding ear, then compliance i required. 4. The deliver of thi booklet i not mandator (unle required b contract), but provide important leg protection to a eller or re etate agent who elect to provide the booklet. 5. Thi dicloure requirement applie to tranferor of "peron, commerci, or reidenti propert" for which flood-related diater aitance ha been provided. land i not pecificl addreed b thi law. A a practic matter, however, a eller generl can determine, at the time feder diater aitance i received, whether flood inurance i required b feder agencie for the propert in quetion. 6. Cifornia law require deliver of The Homeowner Guide to Earthquake Safet in connection with tranfer of re propert. However, it ma be prudent to provide thi booklet to purchaer of peron propert manufactured or mobile home. 7. Feder law doe not pecificl require thee dicloure in e of peron propert mobilehome. However, feder regulator have taken the poition that mobilehome built before 1978 are covered b thi law. 8. A eller or re etate agent involved in the tranfer of re propert or a mobilehome ma be liable for failing to dicloe materi fact affecting the vue or deirabilit of the propert. Whether or not a particular fact i "materi" depend on a variet of factor. A eller or re etate agent who i unure a to the materiit of a particular fact hould conult an attorne. Alternativel, man eller and re etate agent reolve uch doubt in favor of dicloure to minimize expoure to liabilit. While the dicloure of certain materi fact ometime mut be made in a particular format (e.g., the Tranfer Dicloure Statement, or the Manufactured Home or Mobile home Tranfer Dicloure Statement), the law generl doe not regulate how materi fact mut be dicloed (though written dicloure i mot wa recommended). However, the RPA-CA require that the eller complete an SPQ in tranaction where a TDS i
required, or if a TDS i not required, that the eller complete an ESD. 9. Thi information, a it pertain to Mello-Roo Communit Facilitie Ditrict, generl applie to ree tranaction. Subdivider and their agent ma have to compl with eparate Mello-Roo ditrict dicloure obligation under Cifornia Government Code 53341.5. 10. Cifornia' Toxic Mold Protection Act require that in reidenti and commerci/indutri leae tranaction, and in commerci/indutri e tranaction, landlord/eller dicloe to tenant/buer mold that either exceed permiible limit et b Cifornia' Department of Heth Service (CDHS) or poe a heth threat. Thi dicloure need not be made until the CDHS etablihe permiible mold expoure limit. The CDHS ha not et taken thi action, and the Act doe not pecificl require an ternative dicloure in the interim. 11. The deliver of thi booklet i not mandator (unle required b contract), but provide important leg protection to a eller or re etate agent who elect to provide the booklet. Thi booklet i often combined with The Homeowner Guide to Earthquake Safet and the lead hazard dicloure pamphlet Protect Your Famil From Lead In Your Home (which are mandator in certain tranaction). 12. Cifornia law require the eller of an re propert to certif that new and replacement water heater have been braced, anchored, or trapped to reit movement during an earthquake. Though thee tatutor requirement are mot relevant to water heater located in reidenti propertie, the do not pecificl exempt commerci or indutri propertie. 13. Cifornia law require l new and replacement water heater, and l exiting reidenti water heater, to be braced, anchored, or trapped to reit movement during an earthquake, including thoe in mobilehome and manufactured home. 14. Cifornia law ometime require that a pecific form (or exact language) be ued. Example are the AD, FLD, TDS, MHTDS, and the NHD. Other time, the law require a dicloure but doen't mandate that particular language be ued. However, provide form for that purpoe--indicated in thi chart b the word "ma be ued." The law doen't require the ue of thee form. Example are the AVID, MCN, NTF, SBSA, SSD, SPQ, AS, AB, WHSD, REO, and REOL. 15. The dicloure required b thi law conit of four document: the Dicloure Summar Sheet, the Statement of Energ Performance, the Data Checklit, and the Facilit Summar, l of which mut be generated through the US Environment Protection Agenc (EPA) Energ Star Portfolio Manager. 16. Smoke arm are required under tate law to be intled on l propertie intended for human occupanc. However, a a point of e requirement there are limited exception including bankruptc, trut, probate and forecloure e, but not REO e. It i prudent rik management to have the moke arm intled regardle of the tpe of propert being old. Thi i becaue it i often required b both location and lender, in addition to the tate law requirement.
17. Under the Hazardou Subtance Account Act, an owner of nonreidenti propert who know, or ha reaonable caue to believe, that an releae of a "hazardou ubtance" a defined in the Act i location on or beneath hi or her propert mut dicloe thi fact in writing to an propective buer or tenant before conummating the tranaction. A reidenti eller dicloe "environment hazard" on the TDS in anwer to quetion C.1., or if TDS exempt, on the Seller' Statutor and Contractu Dicloure (form SSD) a a materi fact Thi chart i jut one of the man leg publication and ervice offered b to it member. For a complete liting of ' leg product and ervice, pleae viit car.org. Reader who require pecific advice hould conult an attorne. member requiring leg aitance ma contact ' Member Leg Hotline at (213) 739-8282, Monda through Frida, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturda, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. member who are brokerowner, office manager, or Deignated REALTORS ma contact the Member Leg Hotline at (213) 739-8350 to receive expedited ervice. Member ma o ubmit online requet to peak with an attorne on the Member Leg Hotline b going to http://www.car.org/leg/leghotline-acce/. Written correpondence hould be addreed to: CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS Member Leg Service 525 South Virgil Avenue Lo Angele, CA 90020 Copright 2015 CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS (). Permiion i granted to member to reprint thi materi in hardcop or PDF format onl for peron ue or with individu client. Thi materi ma not be ued or reproduced for commerci purpoe. Other reproduction or ue i trictl prohibited without the expre written permiion of the C.A.R Leg Department. All right reerved. Revied b Robert Bloom, Eq. The information contained herein i believed accurate a of December 30, 2015. It i intended to provide gener anwer to gener quetion and i not intended a a ubtitute for individu leg advice. Advice in pecific ituation ma differ depending upon a wide variet of factor. Therefore, reader with pecific leg quetion hould eek the advice of an attorne.