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The Homeowner's Guide to Earthquake
Safety
This Booklet:
- Describes the most common weaknesses
that can cause damage to homes, in the event of an earthquake.
- Enables the seller to meet the State
Law requiring this booklet be given to every buyer of homes
built before 1960.
- Enables the seller to disclose to the
buyer the typical earthquake weaknesses in homes built before
1960.
- Provides the homeowner with basic
information about finding and fixing earthquake-related
weaknesses in the home.
- Provides general information about
earthquake risks and directions for finding more information on
earthquake safety.
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California State Law requires the seller
to:
- Inform the buyer about known home
weaknesses.
- Strap the water heater, reducing the
chance of it falling during an earthquake and possibly causing
gas and water lines to break.
- Deliver a copy of this booklet to the
buyer if the home was built before 1960 (Your real estate agent
is required to give the seller a copy of this booklet).
- Deliver to buyers a Natural Hazards
Disclosure form. The disclosure will tell buyers whether the
home is in an Earthquake Fault Zone or in a Seismic Hazard Zone.
- Complete the Residential Earthquake
Hazards Report, to be provided to the buyer.
California State Law does NOT
require the seller to:
- Hire someone to evaluate your home.
- Strengthen your home before selling
it.
The Homeowner’s Guide to Earthquake Safety
Delivering this guide
Sellers of homes built before 1960, with one to four units of
conventional light-frame construction, must deliver to the buyer,
"as soon as practicable before the transfer," a copy of The
Homeowner's Guide to Earthquake Safety (this booklet) and
disclose certain earthquake deficiencies according to Government
Code, Section 8897.1 to 8897.4. The seller's real estate agent must
provide the seller with a copy of this booklet to give to the buyer.
This is also specified in Government Code, Section 8897.5.
Excerpted from: The Homeowner’s Guide to
Earthquake Safety Published by The California Seismic Safety
Commission State of California Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor SSC
No. 05-01 2005 Edition |
