Unless otherwise provided in the terms of acceptance or prohibited by encumbrances on the land, real property conveyed to the state under this chapter may be conveyed, transferred, exchanged, or granted only if the secretary finds that the state has received in exchange land of comparable significance or a combination of money and land of comparable significance, at least equal to the fair market value of the land conveyed, transferred, exchanged, or granted.

The findings of the secretary as to land of comparable significance or of money and land of comparable significance, and of fair market value, shall be conclusively presumed in favor of any person to whom the land is conveyed, transferred, exchanged, or granted.

Terms Used In California Government Code 7308

  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Person: includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, corporation, or company. See California Government Code 17
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18

(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 195.)