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East Palo Alto Municipal Code
The full text of the East Palo Alto Municipal Code as enacted, organized by title, chapter and section (text last refreshed 2026-10-04). Prefer a plain-English overview? See the East Palo Alto regulations guide.
Documents
Official guidance
Dated notices, forms, rates and FAQs East Palo Alto publishes on its own site. They are not the municipal code; each links to the official source for the current version.
Also applies: California
Statewide law East Palo Alto is written against. Browse all California law →
2022 edition
2022 PG&E Greenbook (Gas & Electric Service Requirements)
2025 edition
2025 California ADU Handbook (HCD)
2025 edition
California Administrative Code (Title 24, Part 1)
2025 edition
California Building Code (Title 24, Part 2)
2025 edition
California Energy Code (Title 24, Part 6)
2025 edition
California Existing Building Code (Title 24, Part 10)
2025 edition
California Fire Code (Title 24, Part 9)
2025 edition
California Green Building Standards Code (Title 24, Part 11)
2025 edition
California Historical Building Code (Title 24, Part 8)
2025 edition
California Mechanical Code (Title 24, Part 4)
2025 edition
California Plumbing Code (Title 24, Part 5)
2025 edition
California Referenced Standards Code (Title 24, Part 12)
2025 edition
California Residential Code (Title 24, Part 2.5)
2025 edition
California Wildland-Urban Interface Code (Title 24, Part 7.5)
California property law by topic
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Topic 1
Development & building
What can be built and how: the Title 24 building codes, every city and county zoning code, and the state planning, environmental and development-finance law above them.
- Planning, zoning & local codes
- Building codes & local amendments
- Housing development approvals
- +3 more subjects
Topic 2
Buying & selling
The rules for the people who carry a sale: real estate licensing, broker supervision, trust funds and the Real Estate Commissioner's regulations.
- Licensing & discipline
- Broker supervision
- Trust funds & client money
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Topic 3
Renting & eviction
Rent caps, just cause, deposits, repairs and entry, the eviction lawsuit itself, and the fair-housing rules every rental decision is read against.
- Lease & tenancy rights
- Deposits, repairs & habitability
- Rent limits & just cause
- +4 more subjects
Topic 4
Owning & HOAs
What comes with holding a property: HOA disclosures, assessments and disputes, loan servicing, homeowners insurance, trusts, and passing a home on at death.
- HOAs & common-interest developments
- Mortgage & loan servicing
- Insurance renewal, cancellation & wildfire
- +5 more subjects
Topic 5
Foreclosure & auctions
The law and official process for trustee's sales, tax-defaulted property, judgment enforcement, probate sales and bankruptcy.
- Trustee's sales & nonjudicial foreclosure
- Tax-defaulted property sales
- Judgment enforcement & sheriff sales
- +4 more subjects
Topic 6
Property taxes
Find property assessment, reassessment, exemptions, tax bills, appeals and transfer taxes by the task you need to complete.
- Assessment & base-year value
- Change in ownership & reassessment
- Inheritance, gifts & exclusions
- +5 more subjects
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