Acts constituting violations - Designated and deemed misdemeanors.
San José Municipal Code § 19.44.020
in effect19.44.020 - Acts constituting violations - Designated and deemed misdemeanors.
A. No person shall sell or lease, or offer to sell or lease, to contract to sell or lease, or to finance any parcel or parcels of real property or to commence construction of any building for sale, lease or financing thereon, except for model homes, or to allow occupancy thereof, for which a final map is required until such map thereof, in full compliance with the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act and this title, has been filed for record by the recorder of the county in which any portion of the subdivision is located.
B. No person shall sell, lease or finance any parcel or parcels of real property or commence construction of any building for sale, lease or financing thereon, except for model homes, or allow occupancy thereof, for which a parcel map is required until such map thereof in full compliance with the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act and this title has been filed for record by the recorder of the county in which any portion of the subdivision is located.
C. Conveyances of any part of a division of real property for which a final or parcel map is required shall not be made by parcel or block number, initial or other designation, unless and until such map has been filed for record by the recorder of the county in which any portion of the subdivision is located.
D. This section does not apply to any parcel or parcels of a subdivision offered for sale or lease, contracted for sale or lease, or sold or leased in compliance with or exempt from any law (including this Title 19), regulating the design and improvement of subdivisions in effect at the time the subdivision was established.
E. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Prior code § 9291.1.)
Source: City of San José, Municipal Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/san_jose/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT19SU_CH19.44VIPE_19.44.020ACCOVIESDEMIFetched: 11/1/2026