California Health and Safety Code

§ 13009.1

HSC § 13009.1 Effective Jan 1, 2022Div. 12 · Part 1 · Ch. 1

Statute text

(a)Any person (1) who negligently, or in violation of the law, sets a fire, allows a fire to be set, or allows a fire kindled or attended by the person to escape onto any public or private property, (2) other than a mortgagee, who, being in actual possession of a structure, fails or refuses to correct, within the time allotted for correction, despite having the right to do so, a fire hazard prohibited by law, for which a public agency properly has issued a notice of violation respecting the hazard, or (3) including a mortgagee, who, having an obligation under other provisions of law to correct a fire hazard prohibited by law, for which a public agency properly has issued a notice of violation respecting the hazard, fails or refuses to correct the hazard within the time allotted for correction, despite having the right to do so, is liable for both of the following:

(1)The cost of investigating and making any reports with respect to the fire.

(2)The costs relating to accounting for that fire and the collection of any funds pursuant to Section 13009, including, but not limited to, the administrative costs of operating a fire suppression cost recovery program. The liability imposed pursuant to this paragraph is limited to the actual amount expended that is attributable to the fire.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 401, Sec. 21. (AB 1578) Effective January 1, 2022.