What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California
I bought my house in 2002, all existing structrures in place. fast forward to 3 weeks ago, I received a mletter from code enforcement that they wer out ot my property and apparently they believe that the front of the house is encroaching on the front yard set back, part of a second bedroom, and a third bedroom are unpermited, the 12x12 sheds, 3 of them, are all encroaching on the set back along th eside yard fence and they are all unpermitted...the list goes on and on...we are devastated and have submitted a claim to our title insurance company....they have not yet responded...we do not have the thousands of dollars to fix this problem...if the house has to go into foreclosure because we can't afford to deal with all the problems, are we still liable with the county for all the violations? I'm scared that the title insurance company isn't going to help us. We bought this house with all the structures in tact as they are, we were never told of all of the houses permit issues. Can we walk away and not get screwed by the county? Thank you for your time...
Sick in San Diego
I bought my house in 2002, all existing structrures in place. fast forward to 3 weeks ago, I received a mletter from code enforcement that they wer out ot my property and apparently they believe that the front of the house is encroaching on the front yard set back, part of a second bedroom, and a third bedroom are unpermited, the 12x12 sheds, 3 of them, are all encroaching on the set back along th eside yard fence and they are all unpermitted...the list goes on and on...we are devastated and have submitted a claim to our title insurance company....they have not yet responded...we do not have the thousands of dollars to fix this problem...if the house has to go into foreclosure because we can't afford to deal with all the problems, are we still liable with the county for all the violations? I'm scared that the title insurance company isn't going to help us. We bought this house with all the structures in tact as they are, we were never told of all of the houses permit issues. Can we walk away and not get screwed by the county? Thank you for your time...
Sick in San Diego