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Title 16 — SUBDIVISIONS

Portola Municipal Code Ch. 16.56 Penalties

Portola Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Portola

Cite as: Portola Municipal Code Chapter 16.56 · Text as of 2026-10-04

16.56.010 - Selling before subdivision final unlawful.

A. It is unlawful for any person to offer to sell, to contract to sell, or to sell any subdivision or any part thereof in the city until a final map in full compliance with the provisions of this title and the Subdivision Map Act has been duly recorded or filed in the office of the county recorder.

B. It is also unlawful for any person to offer to sell, to contract to sell, or to sell any subdivision or any part thereof, until all of the provisions of Chapter 16.48 have been complied with.

(Ord. 146 § 13.1, 1975)

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16.56.030 - Civil action authorized.

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to bar any legal, equitable, or summary remedy to which the city or other political subdivision or any person, firm, corporation, partnership or copartnership may otherwise be entitled, and the city or any political subdivision or person, firm, corporation, partnership, or copartnership may file a suit in the Superior Court of the county to restrain or enjoin any attempted or proposed subdivision or sale in violation of this title.

(Ord. 146 § 13.3, 1975)

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16.56.040 - Sale voidable.

Any conveyance, sale or contract to sell made contrary to the provisions of this title is voidable at the option of the grantee, buyer or person contracting to purchase, his heirs, personal representative, or trustee in insolvency or bankruptcy, within one year after the date of the execution of the deed of conveyance, sale or contract of sale.

(Ord. 146 § 13.4, 1975)

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