Selling a House With Code Violations in Yuba City, CA

We buy houses as-is, in any condition — no repairs, no cleaning, no cleanout required to sell to us.

You can ask us to review a house with an open permit, citation, failed inspection, repair notice or serious disrepair. You do not need to finish repairs, clean the house or clear it out to sell to us. The notice and any deadline still need attention; selling as-is does not cancel them.

Under California's State Housing Law, a local enforcement agency may order a substandard building repaired or demolished, generally after 30 days' notice. The agency can allow less time when there is an immediate threat to health and safety. If the owner does not act in time, the agency may vacate, repair or demolish the building itself. See California Health and Safety Code section 17980.

The agency records notice of a pending action with the county recorder, so it appears in the property's title records. See California Health and Safety Code section 17985.

Cities can recover abatement costs by recording a nuisance-abatement lien with the force of a judgment lien, or by adding the cost to the property-tax bill as a special assessment. Those options are described in California Government Code section 38773.1 and section 38773.5.

Existing orders, liens and any local approval requirements must still be addressed as part of the sale; an as-is agreement does not erase them. Send us the notices so we and the closing professional can work through the repairs, deadlines and closing requirements. When you sell to us, we're the buyer, so the repairs become our job.

1. Tell us the property address, its condition and what the notice says, including any deadline you see.
2. We talk through the house, the violation and the information available, then give you a written offer and written terms before you commit.
3. If you choose to move forward, closing is through a title company. Existing orders, liens and official deadlines still need to be addressed for this property.

Written offer and written terms before you commit; title-company closing.

For documents affecting title to real property in Sutter County, the county identifies its Clerk-Recorder as the official office. Its Clerk-Recorder information is a starting point for recorded documents. For the requirements and deadlines in a code notice, contact the enforcement agency named on that notice.

When you sell to us, we pay the closing costs, including the county documentary transfer tax and any city transfer tax.

That closing-cost statement does not include your mortgage balance, liens, back taxes or your share of current property taxes; those remain separate items to confirm for your sale.

Use the calculator to compare estimated proceeds from listing with a direct as-is cash sale. The figures are estimates; your property details determine the actual numbers.