CA AB2806

Requires sellers of residential property in high or very high fire hazard severity zones to provide buyers with documentation of compliance with defensible space requirements under state law or local vegetation management ordinances, effective July 1, 2021.

In jurisdictions with local compliance documentation ordinances, sellers must provide a copy of existing documentation; in jurisdictions without such ordinances, sellers must provide documentation obtained within six months before the sale if available from government or nonprofit entities.

If a seller cannot obtain compliance documentation, the seller and buyer must enter into a written agreement where the buyer agrees to obtain documentation within one year of closing escrow (or comply with local ordinances if they exist).

Clarifies that nothing in these disclosure and agreement provisions limits the ability of state or local agencies to enforce defensible space requirements and other applicable fire safety statutes, regulations, and local ordinances.