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. (a) A statement, signed and acknowledged by all parties
having any record title interest in the subdivided real property,
consenting to the preparation and recordation of the final map is
required, except in the following circumstances:
(1) A lien for state, county, municipal, or local taxes or special
assessments, a trust interest under bond indentures, or mechanics'
liens do not constitute a record title interest in land for the
purpose of this chapter or any local ordinance.
(2) The signature of either the holder of beneficial interests
under trust deeds or the trustee under the trust deeds, but not both,
may be omitted. The signature of either shall constitute a full and
complete subordination of the lien of the deed of trust to the map
and any interest created by the map.
(3) Signatures of parties owning the following types of interests
may be omitted if their names and the nature of their respective
interests are stated on the final map:
(A) (i) Rights-of-way, easements or other interests which cannot
ripen into a fee, except those owned by a public entity, public
utility, or subsidiary of a public utility for conveyance to the
public utility for rights-of-way. If, however, the legislative body
or advisory agency determines that division and development of the
property in the manner set forth on the approved or conditionally
approved tentative map will not unreasonably interfere with the free
and complete exercise of the public entity or public utility
right-of-way or easement, the signature of the public entity or
public utility may be omitted. Where that determination is made, the
subdivider shall send, by certified mail, a sketch of the proposed
final map, together with a copy of this section, to any public entity
or public utility which has previously acquired a right-of-way or
easement.
(ii) If the public entity or utility objects to either recording
the final map without its signature or the determination of the
legislative body or advisory agency that the division and development
of the property will not unreasonably interfere with the full and
complete exercise of its right-of-way or easement, it shall so notify
the subdivider and the legislative body or advisory agency within 30
days after receipt of the materials from the subdivider.
(iii) If the public entity or utility objects to recording the
final map without its signature, the public entity or utility so
objecting may affix its signature to the final map within 30 days of
filing its objection with the legislative body or advisory agency.
(iv) If the public entity or utility either does not file an
objection with the legislative body or advisory agency or fails to
affix its signature within 30 days of filing its objection to
recording the map without its signature, the local agency may record
the final map without the signature.
(v) If the public entity or utility files an objection to the
determination of the legislative body or advisory agency that the
division and development of the property will not unreasonably
interfere with the exercise of its right-of-way or easement, the
legislative body or advisory agency shall set the matter for public
hearing to be held not less than 10 nor more than 30 days of receipt
of the objection. At the hearing, the public entity or public utility
shall present evidence in support of its position that the division
and development of the property will unreasonably interfere with the
free and complete exercise of the objector's right-of-way or
easement.
(vi) If the legislative body or advisory agency finds, following
the hearing, that the development and division will in fact
unreasonably interfere with the free and complete exercise of the
objector's right-of-way or easement, it shall set forth those
conditions whereby the unreasonable interference will be eliminated
and upon compliance with those conditions by the subdivider, the
final map may be recorded with or without the signature of the
objector. If the legislative body or advisory agency finds that the
development and division will in fact not unreasonably interfere with
the free and complete exercise of the objector's right-of-way or
easement, the final map may be recorded without the signature of the
objector, notwithstanding the objections.
(vii) Failure of the public entity or public utility to file an
objection pursuant to this section shall in no way affect its rights
under a right-of-way or easement.
(viii) No fee shall be charged by a public entity, public utility,
subsidiary of a public utility, or objector for signing, omitting a
signature, or objecting pursuant to this section.
(B) Rights-of-way, easements, or reversions, which by reason of
changed conditions, long disuse, or laches appear to be no longer of
practical use or value and signatures are impossible or impractical
to obtain. A statement of the circumstances preventing the
procurement of the signatures shall also be stated on the map.
(C) Interests in, or rights to, minerals, including but not
limited to, oil, gas, or other hydrocarbon substances.
(4) Real property originally patented by the United States or by
the State of California, which original patent reserved interest to
either or both of those entities, may be included in the final map
without the consent of the United States or the State of California
to the map or to dedications made by it.
(b) No monetary liability shall be incurred by, and no cause of
action shall arise against, a local agency, a party, the subdivider,
the subdivider's agent, or the engineer or land surveyor who prepared
the map, on account of the omission of any signature, which omission
is authorized by this section.
(c) A notary acknowledgment shall be deemed complete for recording
without the official seal of the notary, so long as the name of the
notary, the county of the notary's principal place of business, and
the notary's commission expiration date are typed or printed below or
immediately adjacent to the notary's signature in the
acknowledgment.