Under the California agency disclosure law (Civil Code sections 2079.13 through 2079.24), a sale of residential property requires the disclosure form when the property contains how many dwelling units?

Correct Answer

D) Residential property of any size, regardless of unit count

The agency disclosure article has not been limited by unit count since January 1, 2015. Civil Code 2079.13 defines the covered real property to include single-family residential property and multiunit residential property with more than four dwelling units, along with commercial real property, vacant land, a ground lease coupled with improvements, and manufactured or mobile homes offered through an agent. A sale of residential property therefore calls for the disclosure form whether the property is a house, a fourplex, or a 200-unit apartment complex. The one-to-four unit ceiling still governs the Transfer Disclosure Statement and the agent's visual inspection duty, which is why candidates carry it into agency questions by mistake.