California Codes

Cal. Civil Code § 1102.13 (2026)

Disclosures Upon Transfer of Residential Property

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No transfer subject to this article shall be invalidated solely because of the failure of any person to comply with any provision of this article. However, any person who willfully or negligently violates or fails to perform any duty prescribed by any provision of this article shall be liable in the amount of actual damages suffered by a transferee.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1986–1998 · leading case: Preston v. Goldman, 720 P.2d 476 (Cal. 1986).
Preston v. Goldman, 720 P.2d 476 (Cal. 1986). · cites it 2× “" (Civ. Code, § 1102.13.) What effect, if any, these new provisions may have upon problems of the sort presented here is a question best left to a case in which it is squarely presented and briefed.”
Shapiro v. Sutherland, 76 Cal. Rptr. 2d 101 (Cal. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 2× “” (Civ. Code, § 1102.13, italics added.) However, no transferor may be held liable for any error or inaccuracy or omission in a disclosure statement if such “error, inaccuracy, or omission was not within the personal knowledge of the transferor .”
Shapiro v. Sutherland, 64 Cal. App. 4th 1534 (Cal. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 2× “" (Civ. Code, § 1102.13, italics added.) However, no transferor may be held liable for any error or inaccuracy or omission in a disclosure statement if such "error, inaccuracy, or omission was not within the personal knowledge of the transferor .”
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