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Code. If the property is within the Commission’s jurisdiction, the report
shall contain the following notice:
NOTICE OF SAN FRANCISCO BAY CONSERVATION
AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION JURISDICTION
This property is located within the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Bay
Conservation and Development Commission. Use and development of the
property within the commission’s jurisdiction may be subject to special
regulations, restrictions, and permit requirements. You may wish to investigate
and determine whether they are acceptable to you and your intended use of the
property before you complete your transaction.

(CAL. BUS. & PROF. § 11010; CAL. CIV. §§ 1102.6a, 1103.4, 1353)

4. Natural Hazards Disclosure
Unless the transfer of the property is subject to an exemption from this
disclosure, the seller or the seller’s agent for this purpose must make
appropriate disclosures if the property is in one or more of the following
zones or areas:
•

Zone A or Zone V (special flood hazard area) as designated by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency. The seller’s agent, or the
seller, if acting without an agent, must make this disclosure if:
o

The seller, or the seller’s agent has actual knowledge that the
property is in a special flood hazard area; or

o

The local jurisdiction has compiled a list of parcels that are in a
special flood hazard area and has posted at the offices of the county
recorder, county assessor, and county planning agency a notice that
identifies the location of the parcel list.

(CAL. GOV’T § 8589.3)
•

An area of potential flooding shown on a map as an area which will be
inundated if a dam fails. The seller’s agent, or the seller if acting without
an agent, must make this disclosure if:
o

The seller, or the seller’s agent, has actual knowledge that the
property is within a delineated inundation area; or

o

The local jurisdiction has compiled a list of parcels that are in the
inundation area and has posted at the offices of the county recorder,
county assessor, and county planning agency a notice that identifies
the location of the list.

(CAL. GOV’T § 8589.4)

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