Health and Safety Code § 79790

ARTICLE 6. Liability of Residential Property Owner

Current as of September 28, 2026Health & Saf. Code, § 79790Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. (AB 2293) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative January 1, 2024, pursuant to Sec. 4 of Stats. 2022, Ch. 257.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, an owner of property that is the site of a hazardous substance release is presumed to have no liability pursuant to this part for either of the following:

(1) A hazardous substance release that has occurred on the property.

(2) A release of a hazardous substance to groundwater underlying the property if the release occurred at a site other than the property.

(b) The presumption may be rebutted as provided in Section 79800.