Residential property: contract: fees.

Housing

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Wahab
Last action: 2026-04-10
Official status: Set for hearing April 28.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide details on enforcement mechanisms or penalties for non-compliance.

Residential Property Fees: Limiting Vendor Charges

The bill limits fees that property sellers can charge buyers for signing and delivering documents related to the sale of any residential property.

What This Bill Does

Limits vendors or lessors from charging more than $10 when a buyer signs and delivers documents during the transfer, cancellation, or reconveyance of a title or instrument.

Who It Names or Affects

People buying or leasing single-family residential properties
Vendors and lessors selling or renting any type of residential property

Terms To Know

Vendor: A person who sells a product or service, in this case, the seller of a house.
Lessor: The owner of property that is rented out to someone else.

Limits and Unknowns

Does not specify what happens if vendors charge more than $10.
It's unclear how this bill will be enforced or who will enforce it.

Bill History

2026-04-10 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing April 28.
2026-04-08 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
2026-03-25 California Legislative Information
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
2026-02-11 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on RLS.
2026-01-13 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 12.
2026-01-12 California Legislative Information
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 880, as amended, Wahab.
Housing purchases: moratorium.
Residential property: contract: fees.
Existing law prohibits the vendor or lessor of a single-family residential property from contracting for or exacting any fee in excess of $10 for the act of signing and delivering a document in connection with the transfer, cancellation, or reconveyance of any title or instrument at the time the buyer or lessee exercises an option to buy, or completes performance of the contract for the sale of, the property.
This bill would modify that prohibition by extending it to the vendor or lessor of any residential property.
Existing law generally provides for the acquisition of property, including the transfer of real property. Existing law requires an estate in real property, except as specified, to be transferred only by operation of law, or by an instrument in writing, as specified.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to a moratorium on housing purchases.

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