DIVISION 13. HOUSING 17000-19997›PART 3. MISCELLANEOUS 19000-19892›CHAPTER 2. Earthquake Protection 19100-19217›ARTICLE 4. Earthquake Hazardous Building Reconstruction 19160-19168
§ 19166
California Health and Safety Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
Any building identified as being a seismic hazard to life and retrofitted in compliance with building seismic retrofit standards adopted pursuant to this article and properly maintained, shall not, within a period of 15 years, be identified as a seismic hazard to life pursuant to any local building standards adopted after the date of the building seismic retrofit unless the building no longer meets the seismically hazardous building retrofit standards under which it was retrofitted.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 525, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2006.)
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