Property maintenance provisions against blight have been extended indefinitely.
Maintenance of property acquired by foreclosure
Civil Code §2929.3
Amended by A.B. 2314
Effective: January 1, 2013
A property owner must maintain vacant residential property purchased at a foreclosure sale or acquired through foreclosure. If a property owner receives a notice of a maintenance violation, he must commence corrective maintenance within 14 days of the notice. All maintenance must be completed within 30 days of the notice. Failure to commence or complete maintenance within these timelines subjects the property owner to a fine of up to $1,000 a day. This law was originally set to sunset on January 1, 2013, but is now effective indefinitely.
Property owners have 60 days after purchasing foreclosed property to abate health and safety violations.
Extension on abatement period for health and safety violations
Health and Safety Code §17980
Amended by A.B. 2314
Effective: January 1, 2013
A property owner who purchases a property at a foreclosure sale or acquires a property through foreclosure has 60 days to correct any health and safety violations on the property. This law applies to all properties foreclosed after December 31, 2007.
The 60-day time period may be shortened by an enforcement agency if the violation poses an immediate threat to the health and safety of the public.
Property owners are liable for receivership costs for fixing health and safety violations.
The property owner pays receivership costs
Health and Safety Code §17980.7
Amended by A.B. 2314
Effective: January 1, 2013
A property owner may be compelled by a court to pay all unrecovered costs associated with the receivership implemented to remedy the property’s health and safety violations.
