Mello-Roos / CFD Special Tax Disclosure
A special tax you must always verify — disclosure is mandatory inside a CFD.
When a property lies within a Community Facilities District (Mello-Roos), the seller in a standard residential sale must make a good-faith effort to obtain and deliver a Notice of Special Tax disclosing the annual special tax, its maximum, and any escalator, and must disclose the lien on the standard transfer disclosure. Buyers routinely under-estimate these — they can add thousands per year.
Mello-Roos coverage isn't comprehensive — our address-level flags cover a subset of counties, and districts change over time — so LetterScript treats it as a must-verify item, not a guarantee. Where our boundary and county-roll data carry a flag we surface it, but a clean result is never proof there's no CFD. Always confirm the special tax against the county tax bill and the district (CFD) administrator before close.
The property is inside a Community Facilities District (CFD / Mello-Roos).
Gov. Code §53340.2 & §53341.5 (Notice of Special Tax); Civ. Code §1102.6b (lien disclosure).
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We publish every bonded Mello-Roos district CDIAC lists in 11 California counties — the 9-county Bay Area plus Sacramento and Riverside, 749 in all — with what each one funds, its status, and the administrator to call to verify.
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Informational only — not legal advice. Rules change and the list may be incomplete; always confirm each requirement with the city or county before close.