James L. Beaver, Assistant Chief Counsel, California Department of Real Estate, spoke to me this morning, 1-7-08, regarding the questions that I asked in a fax that I sent to the Legal Department on 1-3-08 (Letter to the California Department of Real Estate, 1-3-08).

   He informed me that the Legal Department's job is to prosecute cases where there has been a potential violation of Real Estate Law.  They do not provide interpretive opinions of hypothetical cases such as I presented.

   However, regarding the obligation of a seller and/or seller's broker to disclose information that could result in a buyer's suffering economic loss, here is one citation:

Lingsch v. Savage, 213 Cal. App. 2d 729

   An example is: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0008-1221(196510)53%3A4%3C1062%3ABRITSO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-U

   Beaver can be contacted at:

James L. Beaver

Assistant Chief Counsel

California Department of Real Estate

P.O. Box 187000

Sacramento, CA 95818

(916)227-0788

Hal Weber