The California partition statutes explain that “partition as to…the property shall be as of right unless barred by a valid waiver.” “'Waiver' means the intentional relinquishment or abandonment of a known right.
A compelling reason for a partition action typically arises when co-owners of jointly owned property cannot agree on how to manage, use, or dispose of the property.
Description: Before filing a partition action, use this letter to convince your co-owners that a voluntary sale or buyout would be ideal. Based on state law, you can compel a forced sale of jointly owned property via partition action.
Specifically, Code of Civil Procedure section requires that a Partition Complaint contain (a) a description of the property, including its legal description and its street address for real estate, (b) all interests that the plaintiff has or claims in the property, (c) all interests of record or actually known to the ...
A California partition action happens when one co-owner of real property wants to sell but other co-owners do not want to sell their ownership rights. Partition means division. The opposing co-owners have the absolute right by law to divide the property and sell their portion with the legal remedy of “Partition”.
California enacted the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act in 2021 (Assembly Bill 633), which preserves the rights of the heirs of an intestate landowner by adding a number of due process protections for partition procedures to state probate law that help to ensure all heirs receive a fair share of the proceeds if ...
Here is an overview on how a partition action will play out in court. The party who wishes to initiate the action (the “Plaintiff”) must file a verified complaint for partition. The court will first determine the ownership interests of each of the co-owners.
On January 1, 2020, California implemented two bills requiring landlords to accept Section 8 or housing vouchers as an income source from applicants. Rental property owners and management companies cannot discriminate against an applicant or deny the application because they have a housing voucher.
Executive Summary of SB 9 Senate Bill (SB) 9 (Chapter 162, Statutes of 2021) requires ministerial approval of a housing development with no more than two primary units in a single-family zone, the subdivision of a parcel in a single-family zone into two parcels, or both.
Previously, the partition law in California permitted any co-owner of a property to force a sale, often to the detriment of other owners. The new amendments, however, introduce a right of first refusal.