CALIFORNIA CODES
CIVIL CODE Section 1102.6b
1102.6b.
(a) This section applies to all transfers of real property
for which all of the following apply:
(1) The transfer is subject to this article.
(2) The property being transferred is subject to a continuing
lien securing the levy of special taxes pursuant to the Mello-Roos
Community Facilities Act (Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section
53311) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code)
or to a fixed lien assessment collected in installments to secure
bonds issued pursuant to the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 (Division
10(commencing with Section 8500) of the Streets and Highways Code).
(3) A notice is not required pursuant to Section 53341.5 of theGovernment
Code.
(b) In addition to any other disclosure required pursuant to this
article, the seller of any real property subject to this section
shall make a good faith effort to obtain a disclosure notice concerning
the special tax as provided for in Section 53340.2 of the Government
Code, or a disclosure notice concerning an assessment installment
as provided in Section 53754 of the Government Code, from each local
agency that levies a special tax pursuant to the Mello-Roos Community
Facilities Act, or that collects assessment installments to secure
bonds issued pursuant to the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 (Division
10 (commencing with Section 8500) of the Streets and Highways Code),
on the property being transferred, and shall deliver that notice
or those notices to the prospective purchaser, as long as the notices
are made available by the local agency.
(c) If a disclosure received pursuant to subdivision (b) has been
delivered to the transferee, a seller or his or her agent is not
required to provide additional information concerning, and information
in the disclosure shall be deemed to satisfy the responsibility
of the seller or his or her agent to inform the transferee regarding
the special tax or assessment installments and the district. Notwithstanding
subdivision (b), nothing in this section imposes a duty to discover
a special tax or assessment installments or the existence of any
levying district not actually known to the agents.
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