CHAPTER 3. Service Without Employment

Chapter 3 enacted 1872.

§§ 2078–2079.26 · 29 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Voluntary Interference with Property § 2078 · 1 section

   • § 2078 One who officiously, and without the consent of the real or apparent owner of a thing, takes it into his possession for the purpose of rendering a service…
2. ARTICLE 2. Duty to Prospective Purchaser of Real Property §§ 2079–2079.25 · 27 sections

   • § 2079 (a) It is the duty of a real estate broker or salesperson, licensed under Division 4 (commencing with Section 10000) of the Business and Professions Code, to a…
   • § 2079.1 The provisions of this article relating sale transactions of residential real property comprising one to four dwelling units apply with equal force to leases…
   • § 2079.2 The standard of care owed by a broker under this article is the degree of care that a reasonably prudent real estate licensee would exercise and is measured by…
   • § 2079.3 The inspection to be performed pursuant to this article does not include or involve an inspection of areas that are reasonably and normally inaccessible to…
   • § 2079.4 In no event shall the time for commencement of legal action for breach of duty imposed by this article exceed two years from the date of possession, which…
   • § 2079.5 Nothing in this article relieves a buyer or prospective buyer of the duty to exercise reasonable care to protect himself or herself, including those facts…
   • § 2079.6 This article does not apply to sales which are required to be preceded by the furnishing, to a prospective buyer, of a copy of a public report pursuant to…
   • § 2079.7 (a) If a consumer information booklet described in Section 10084.1 of the Business and Professions Code is delivered to a buyer in connection with the sale of…
   • § 2079.8 (a) If a Homeowner’s Guide to Earthquake Safety described in Section 10149 of the Business and Professions Code is delivered to a buyer in connection with the…
   • § 2079.9 (a) If a Commercial Property Owner’s Guide to Earthquake Safety described in Section 10147 of the Business and Professions Code is delivered to a buyer in…
   • § 2079.10 (a) If the informational booklet published pursuant to Section 25402.9 of the Public Resources Code, concerning the statewide home energy rating program…
   • § 2079.10.5 (a) Every contract for the sale of single-family residential real property entered into on or after July 1, 2013, shall contain, in not less than 8-point type,…
   • § 2079.10a (a) Every lease or rental agreement for single-family residential real property entered into on or after July 1, 1999, any leasehold interest in real property…
   • § 2079.11 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), to the extent permitted by law, the consumer information publications referred to in this article, including, but…
   • § 2079.12 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (1) That the imprecision of terms in the opinion rendered in Easton v. Strassburger, 152…
   • § 2079.13 As used in this section and Sections 2079.7 and 2079.14 to 2079.24, inclusive, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Agent” means a person…
   • § 2079.14 (a) A copy of the disclosure form specified in Section 2079.16 shall be provided in a real property transaction as follows: (1) The seller’s agent, if any,…
   • § 2079.15 In any circumstance in which the seller or buyer refuses to sign an acknowledgment of receipt pursuant to Section 2079.14, the agent shall set forth, sign, and…
   • § 2079.16 The disclosure form required by Section 2079.14 shall have Sections 2079.13 to 2079.24, inclusive, excluding this section, printed on the back, and on the…
   • § 2079.17 (a) As soon as practicable, the buyer’s agent shall disclose to the buyer and seller whether the agent is acting in the real property transaction as the…
   • § 2079.19 The payment of compensation or the obligation to pay compensation to an agent by the seller or buyer is not necessarily determinative of a particular agency…
   • § 2079.20 Nothing in this article prevents an agent from selecting, as a condition of the agent’s employment, a specific form of agency relationship not specifically…
   • § 2079.21 (a) A dual agent may not, without the express permission of the seller, disclose to the buyer any confidential information obtained from the seller. (b) A dual…
   • § 2079.22 Nothing in this article precludes a seller’s agent from also being a buyer’s agent. If a seller or buyer in a transaction chooses to not be represented by an…
   • § 2079.23 (a) A contract between the principal and agent may be modified or altered to change the agency relationship at any time before the performance of the act which…
   • § 2079.24 Nothing in this article shall be construed to either diminish the duty of disclosure owed buyers and sellers by agents and their associate licensees,…
   • § 2079.25 The provisions of subdivision (d) of Section 1102.1 shall apply to this article.
3. ARTICLE 3. Unsolicited Offers to Purchase Real Property Affected by January 2025 Fires in the Counties of Los Angeles and Ventura § 2079.26 · 1 section

   • § 2079.26 (a) A person shall not make an unsolicited offer to purchase residential real property in the 90049, 90263, 90265, 90272, 90290, 90402, 91001, 91024, 91103,…