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A <br />Planning & Building Agency <br />Building Safety Division <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />P.O. Box 1988 (M-19) <br />Santa Ana, CA 92702 <br />(714) 647-5800 <br />www.santa-ana.org <br />APP-I3 CBC 2016 <br />NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER <br />Dear Property Owner: <br />An application e listing yo urself as the builder of the property improvementsal\4270specified at <br />for a building permit has been submltted in your nam'Lll1 *l t,tttrsr s;] , <br />'A'NITA <br />AN b <br />We are providing you with an Owner-Builder Acknowledoment and lnformation Veriflcation Form to make you aware of your <br />responsibilities and possible risk you may incur by having this permit issued in your names as the Owner-Builder. <br />We will not issue a building permit until you have read, initialed your understanding of each provision, signed, and returned this <br />form to us at our ofiicial address indicated. An agent of the owner cannot execute this notice unless you, the property owner, <br />obtain the prior approval of the permitting authority. <br />OWNER'S ACKNOWLEGMENT AND VERIFICATION OF INFORMATON <br />DIREC S: Read and initial each statement below to signify you understand or verify this information <br />1. I understand a frequent practice of unlicensed persons is to have the prope(y owner obtain an "Owner-Builder" build- <br />ng permit that erroneously implies that the property owner is providing his or her own labor and material personally. I, as an <br />Owner-Builder, may be held liable and subject to serious flnancial risk for any injuries sustained by an unlicensed person and <br />his or her employees while working on my property. My homeowner's insurance may not provide coverage for those injuries. I <br />am willfully acting as an Owner-Builder and am aware of the limits of my insurance coverage for injuries to workers on my prop- <br />erty. <br />2 I understand building permits are not required to be signed by property owners unless they are responsible for the <br />nstru and are not hiring a licensed Contractor to assume this responsibility <br />3. I understand as an "Owner-Builder" I am the responsible party of record on the permit. I understand that I may protect <br />4 I understand Contractors are required by law to be licensed and bonded in California and to list their license numbers <br />onp erm and contracts. <br />5. I understand if I employ or otherwise engage any persons, other than California licensed Contractors, and the total <br />value of my construction is at least five hundred dollars ($500), including labor and materials, I may be considered an <br />"empl r" under state and federal law <br />6. I understand if I am considered an "em ployer" under state and Federal law, I must register with the state and federal <br />bvernment, withho ld payroll taxes, provide workers' compensation disability insurance, and contribute to unemployment com- <br />pensat ton each "employee." I also understand my failure to abide by these laws may subject me to serious flnancial risk <br />7. I understand under California Contractors' State License Law , an Owner-Builder who builds singleJamily residential <br />structures cannot legally build them with the intent to offer them for sale, unless a// work is performed by licensed subcontrac- <br />tors and the number of structures does not exceed four within any calendar years, or all of the work is performed under contract <br />with a licensed general building Contractor. <br />@ I understand as an Owner-Builder if I sell the property for which this permit is issued, I may be held liable for any finan- <br />cial or personal injuries sustained by any subsequent owner(s) that result from any latent constructlon defects in the workman- <br />ship or materials. <br />myself from potential flnancial risk by hiring a licensed Contractor and having the permit filed in his or her name instead of my