Business and Professions Code § 11018.13

(a) After written notice to the subdivider, or the subdivider’s representative, the commissioner may abandon any application for a subdivision public report if the data required by Section 11010 has not been furnished within three years from the date a notice of intention is filed for a subdivision public report.

(b) The commissioner shall adopt regulations establishing time periods for notifying the subdivider, or the subdivider’s representative, of the intention to abandon a file, and establishing hardship or justifiable extenuating circumstances the commissioner deems acceptable.