Some situations do not require a property transfer permit. They include:

1. The change in ownership is solely to include or exclude the name of a spouse.
2. The transfer is creating or ending a joint ownership if at least one person is an original owner of the property and/or his/her spouse.
3. The transfer of property contains a building or buildings connected to an OWS that will be demolished (or already has been), and the existing building/buildings will not be occupied after the property transfer.
4. The transfer of property is to a trust.
5. The transfer of property is to affect foreclosure or forfeiture of real property.
6. The owner of the property or the person acquiring title has signed an enforceable agreement with BCPH to upgrade the system.
7. The owner of the property will connect the dwelling or occupied building to a sanitary sewer or a shared system within the next two years following the transfer of title, provided that such agreement has been disclosed to and is binding on the subsequent owner(s).
8. The property owner is part of a community plan or management district for his/her onsite wastewater system that has been approved in writing by BCPH, and the system has been inspected as required by the plan.

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