A.
No person shall sell, lease or finance any parcel or parcels of real property or commence construction of any building for sale, lease or financing thereon, except for model homes, or allow occupancy thereof, for which a final map or parcel map is required by this section until such map thereof is in full compliance with the provisions of this section and has been filed for record by the county recorder.
B.
Conveyances of any part of a division of real property for which a final or parcel map is required by this section shall not be made by parcel or block number, initial or other designation, unless and until such map has been filed for record by the county recorder.
C.
This section does not apply to any parcel or parcels of a subdivision offered for sale or lease, contacted for sale or lease, or sold or leased in compliance with or exempt from any law (including a local ordinance), regulating the design and improvement of subdivisions in effect at the time the subdivision was established.
D.
Nothing contained in subsections A and B above shall be deemed to prohibit an offer or contract to sell, lease or finance real property or to construct improvements thereon where such sale, lease or financing, or the commencement of such construction is expressly conditioned upon the approval and filing of a final subdivision map or parcel map, as required under this section.
E.
Nothing in this section shall in any way modify or affect the provisions of Section l1018.2 of the Business and Professions Code.
F.
This section does not bar any legal, equitable or summary remedy to which the city or other public agency, or any person, firm or corporation may otherwise be entitled, and the city or other public agency, or such person, firm or corporation may file a suit in the superior court of the county to restrain or enjoin any attempted or proposed subdivision or sale, lease or financing in violation of this section enacted pursuant thereto.
(Prior code § 159.175)