SFAR has released a revised San Francisco Seller Disclosure – All Properties (SFSD-All). Effective January 1, 2026, the Civil Code was amended with the addition of three new sections:
Civil Code §1102.6(i) – generally requires sellers, or their agents, to provide a verbatim statement to buyers advising them to inspect electrical systems.
Civil Code §1102.6(j) – generally requires sellers to disclose their awareness, or their agent’s awareness, of state or local requirements or restrictions relating to the future replacement of gas-powered appliances (e.g. electrification ordinances).
Civil Code §1102.6(k) – generally requires sellers to disclose actual knowledge of smoke/nicotine residue or historic smoking in the property.
The SFSD-All now has new items (A)(11) and (12) incorporating these code sections.
Item (A)(11) allows sellers to disclose whether they have actual knowledge of smoke/nicotine residue or historic smoking in the property. Sellers can respond with either “Yes” or “No.” Because the prompt relates to “actual knowledge,” “Don’t Know” is not an option. A “Yes” response requires a narrative explanation.
Item (A)(12) has three components.
- First, it delivers to the buyer the seller’s statement required by Civil Code Section 1102.6(i).
- Second, we built into this item a pre-printed advisory concerning San Francisco Ord. No. 174-25 which was signed into law in San Francisco in 2025, and which may require replacing gas-powered appliances with electric appliances in certain major renovations.
- Third, Item (A)(12) allows sellers to disclose whether they have an awareness directly or after consultation with their agent, of the existence of any other state or local requirements or restrictions relating to the future replacement of gas-powered appliances. Sellers can respond with either “Yes” or “No.” Because the prompt relates to the seller’s “awareness,” “Don’t Know” is not an option. A “Yes” response requires a narrative explanation.
Additionally, Section A (Statutory Disclosures) has been reorganized to differentiate disclosures required by Civil Code Section 1102, et seq., from other statutory provisions. Sellers who may otherwise be “exempt” from completing a Transfer Disclosure Statement and certain disclosures required by Civil Code Section 1102, et seq., and their agents, are nonetheless still required to disclose knowledge of any fact materially affecting the value and desirability of the property, including, but not limited to, the physical conditions of the property and previously received reports of physical inspections. “Exempt” sellers should still complete items (A)(7)-(A)(12) if they are able to do so.
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