1.22.160: TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP:
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any dwelling unit or structure who has received a citation to sell, transfer, mortgage, lease or otherwise dispose of such dwelling or structure to another unless the provisions of the citation have been complied with, or until such owner shall first furnish the grantee, transferee, mortgagee or lessee with a true copy of the citation, and shall furnish to the enforcement officer a signed and notarized statement from the grantee, transferee, mortgagee or lessee acknowledging the receipt of such citation, and fully accepting the responsibility without condition for making the corrections or repairs required by such citation or stating that the grantee, transferee, mortgagee or lessee intends to timely challenge the citation as provided for in this chapter. The transfer of ownership in violation of this section shall not abrogate any sale, transfer, mortgage, lease or other disposition of property. (Ord. 2792, 2013)