California Health and Safety Code

§ 25395.70

HSC § 25395.70 Effective Jan 1, 2005Div. 20 · Ch. 6.82 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)“Contiguous property owner” means a person who owns a site that is adjacent to or otherwise similarly situated with respect to another site that is, or may be, contaminated by a release or threatened release of a hazardous material and that is not owned by that person, and who demonstrates, by a preponderance of the evidence, all of the following:

(1)The person did not cause, contribute, or consent to the release or threatened release.

(2)At the time the person acquired the property, the person made all appropriate inquiries and did not know and had no reason to know of the release or threatened release at the site.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 705, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005. Repealed as of January 1, 2037, pursuant to Section 25395.109, with continuing effect as provided in Section 25395.110.