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APP-13 CBC 2016 <br />NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER <br />Dear Property Owner: <br />An application for a buildi ng p ermit has been submitted in ur nameyo isting yourself as the builder of the property improvements <br />specifled at <br />We are provrding you with an Owner-Builder Acknowledoment and lnformation Verification 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 official address indicated. An agent of the owner cannot execute this notice unless you, the property owner, <br />obtain the pnor approval of the permittang authority. <br />OWNER'S ACKNOWLEGMENT AND VERIFICATION OF INFORMATON <br />DIRECTIONS: Read and initial each statement below to signify you understand or verify this infotmation. <br />Dfl 1 | understand a frequent practice of unlicensed persons is to have the prope(y owner obtain an "Owner-Builder" build- <br />ing permit that erroneously implies that the property owner is providing his or her own labor and material personally. l, as an <br />Owner-Builder, may be held liable and subiect to serious financial 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 in.iuries to workers on my prop- <br />erty. <br />\y< Z. t understand building permits are not required to be signed by prope(y owners unless they are responsible for the <br />conskuction and are not hiring a licensed Contractor to assume this responsibility. <br />Sh g. f understand as an "Owner-Builder" lam the responsible party of record on the permat. I undersland that I may protect <br />myself from potential financial risk by hiring a licensed Contractor and having the permit filed in his or her name instead of my <br />own. <br />!L, , understand Contractors are required by law to be licensed and bonded in California and to list their license numbers <br />on permits and conlracts. <br />h.b S. f 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 (9500), including labor and materials, I may be considered an <br />'employer" under state and federal law. <br />bB-U <br />' <br />understand if I am considered an "employer" under state and Federal law, I must register with the state and federal <br />government, withhold payroll taxes, provide workers' compensation disability insurance, and contribute to unemployment com- <br />pensation of each .employee." I also understand my failure to abide by these laws may subject me to serious financial risk. <br />\h-, <br />' <br />understand under California Contractors' State License Law, an Owner-Builder who builds sangle-family residential <br />structures cannot legally build them with the antent 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 />Vr. tunderstand 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 injufles sustained by any subsequent owner(s) that result from any latent construction defects in the workman- <br />ship or materials. <br />Planning & Euilding 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-s800 <br />www.santa-ana.org