Article 2. Adequate Wall Anchorage of California Government Code >> Division 1. >> Title 2. >> Chapter 13.4. >> Article 2.

(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.

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.

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.

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.

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