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SB 880: Residential property: contract: fees.

  • Session Year: 2025-2026
  • House: Senate
  • Latest Version Date: 2026-03-25

Current Status:

In Progress

(2026-03-25: From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.)

Introduced

In Committee

First Chamber

In Committee

Second Chamber

Enacted

Version:

Existing law prohibits the vendor or lessor of a single-family residential property from contracting for or exacting any fee in excess of $10 for the act of signing and delivering a document in connection with the transfer, cancellation, or reconveyance of any title or instrument at the time the buyer or lessee exercises an option to buy, or completes performance of the contract for the sale of, the property.

This bill would modify that prohibition by extending it to the vendor or lessor of any residential property.

Existing law generally provides for the acquisition of property, including the transfer of real property. Existing law requires an estate in real property, except as specified, to be transferred only by operation of law, or by an instrument in writing, as specified.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to a moratorium on housing purchases.

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