Dated notices, forms, rates and FAQs San Francisco publishes on its own site. They are not the municipal code; each links to the official source for the current version.

2026-09-26 official guidance snapshot · updated 2026-09-26

Official city rental guidance: sf-rent-board

dated rental guidance snapshot · updated 2026-09-28

San Francisco Rent Board: 2026–2027 Allowable Annual Rent Increase

Also applies: California

Statewide law San Francisco 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

Choose a practical subject to see the relevant state, federal and local sources in a structured library.

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
+4 more subjects

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

Court and auction procedure documents

182 court forms, notices and sale-procedure documents filed for San Francisco. They are not part of the San Francisco Municipal Code. Browse them under Foreclosure & auctions.

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