How does someone obtain a temporary certificate of habitability for the sale of residential property and what are the requirements?
The applicant fills out a property form at the code enforcement office and pays the appropriate fee. The applicant must present a copy of the contract that indicates the property is to be sold in an “as is’” condition. An appointment will then be scheduled for a code enforcement officer to visit the property and inspect for property maintenance violations. Those violations are recorded in a letter to the applicant. The inspector can issue a temporary certificate of habitability after this inspection as long as smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors are in place, and there are no illegal occupancies. The owners of record then have six months to abate the other violations to obtain a permanent certificate of habitability.
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