Griswold Receivers

From the outside, just another quiet Monterey home.

Inside? The home was "red-tagged" by the City, declared unsafe, and the elderly homeowner had nowhere to go.

When the Superior Court appointed Griswold as Health & Safety Code receiver, the mission was clear: rehabilitate the home and protect the homeowner.

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Restoring homes. Protecting homeowners.

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When should a city consider Health & Safety receivership?

Most code enforcement cases never need it. Administrative citations, abatement orders, and standard enforcement tools resolve the majority of property violations. The receivership remedy is rarely used, but for the right cases, it's the only one that actually works.

Four signals that a property may be a receivership candidate:

1. The owner can't or won't bring the property into compliance, and administrative remedies have been exhausted.

2. The conditions pose an ongoing risk to occupants, neighbors, or the public through hoarding, structural failure, illegal conversions, or chronic nuisance activity.

3. There are vulnerable occupants involved, such as elderly homeowners, tenants in substandard housing, or families with no safe alternative.

4. The City has the legal grounds but lacks the bandwidth, capital, or authority to rehabilitate the property itself.

When those conditions line up, California Health & Safety Code § 17980.7 gives the Superior Court authority to appoint a neutral receiver to take control of the property, fund the rehabilitation through a receiver's certificate, and complete the work to code.

If you're a code enforcement officer or city attorney weighing whether receivership fits a particular property, we're always happy to talk it through.

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The Health and Safety Receivership Process A court-appointed health and safety receiver can make your community safer.