CALIFORNIA CODES

CIVIL CODE

Section 2079.10a

2079.10a. (a) Every lease or rental agreement for residential real property and every contract for sale of real property, including a real property sales contract as defined in Section 2985, for residential real property comprising one to four dwelling units, shall contain, in not less than eight-point type, the following notice: 

Notice: The California Department of Justice, sheriff's departments, police departments serving jurisdictions of 200,000 or more and many other local law enforcement authorities maintain for public access a data base of the locations of persons required to register pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 290.4 of the Penal Code. The data base is updated on a quarterly basis and a source of information about the presence of these individuals in any neighborhood. The Department of Justice also maintains a Sex Offender Identification Line through which inquiries about individuals may be made. This is a "900" telephone service. Callers must have specific information about individuals they are checking. Information regarding neighborhoods is not available through the "900" telephone service.