Streets and Highways Code section 740.8

No person shall hereafter erect any building or structure, other than a temporary structure costing less than five hundred dollars ($500) without a permit to do so. If no other agency is charged with the duty of issuing such permits the county surveyor shall have such duty.

Source: Section 740.8, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=SHC§ionNum=740.8. (updated Jan. 1, 1947; accessed Oct. 20, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/streets_and_highways_code_section_740.8

Original Source: Section 740.8, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=SHC§ionNum=740.8. (last accessed May 12, 2025).