Gov. Code, § 8589.4 · Article 5. Office of Emergency Services
Gov. Code, § 8589.4
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) A person who is acting as an agent for a transferor of real property that is located within an area of potential flooding shown on an inundation map prepared pursuant to Section 6161 of the Water Code, or the transferor if he or she is acting without an agent, shall disclose to any prospective transferee the fact that the property is located within an area of potential flooding.
(b) Disclosure is required pursuant to this section only when one of the following conditions is met:
(1) The transferor, or the transferor’s agent, has actual knowledge that the property is within an inundation area.
(2) The local jurisdiction has compiled a list, by parcel, of properties that are within the inundation area and a notice has been posted at the offices of the county recorder, county assessor, and county planning agency that identifies the location of the parcel list.
(c) In all transactions that are subject to Section 1103 of the Civil Code, the disclosure required by subdivision (a) of this section shall be provided by either of the following means:
(1) The Local Option Real Estate Disclosure Statement as provided in Section 1102.6a of the Civil Code.
(2) The Natural Hazard Disclosure Statement as provided in Section 1103.2 of the Civil Code.
(d) For purposes of the disclosure required by this section, the following persons shall not be deemed agents of the transferor:
(1) Persons specified in Section 1103.11 of the Civil Code.
(2) Persons acting under a power of sale regulated by Section 2924 of the Civil Code.
(e) Section 1103.13 of the Civil Code shall apply to this section.
(f) The specification of items for disclosure in this section does not limit or abridge any obligation for disclosure created by any other provision of law or that may exist in order to avoid fraud, misrepresentation, or deceit in the transfer transaction.
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History
Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 26, Sec. 59. (SB 92) Effective June 27, 2017.
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Civil Code
- Civ. Code, § 1102.6aPrinted as Section 1102.6a of the Civil Code
- Civ. Code, § 1103Printed as Section 1103 of the Civil Code
- Civ. Code, § 1103.2Printed as Section 1103.2 of the Civil Code
- Civ. Code, § 1103.11Printed as Section 1103.11 of the Civil Code
- Civ. Code, § 1103.13Printed as Section 1103.13 of the Civil Code
- Civ. Code, § 2924Printed as Section 2924 of the Civil Code
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