Option One TC
About Marie Tara
Marie Tara is an independent transaction coordinator with Option One TC working with California agents and brokers in Newark. A transaction coordinator keeps a deal on track from acceptance to close: opening escrow, tracking contingency and disclosure deadlines, chasing signatures, and making sure every required document — including the Natural Hazard Disclosure — is in the file on time.
Contra Costa County is crossed by the Hayward and Calaveras faults, carries real industrial/refinery-related contamination sites along the Richmond and Martinez shoreline, and has significant levee-protected flood exposure in the Delta towns of Oakley and Bethel Island. See how earthquake fault zones affect disclosure. Mello-Roos shows up in Contra Costa's newer East County growth areas (Brentwood, Oakley); it's uncommon in the older bayside cities.
Verity NHD gives coordinators a fast way to order California NHD reports for their clients: bill it to escrow, pay by card, or send the seller a pay link, with eSign included on every report. More at our transaction coordinator page.
Common questions in Newark
- What's the biggest natural hazard disclosure concern in Contra Costa County?
- Contra Costa County is crossed by the Hayward and Calaveras faults, carries real industrial/refinery-related contamination sites along the Richmond and Martinez shoreline, and has significant levee-protected flood exposure in the Delta towns of Oakley and Bethel Island. That's the kind of county-level context the statutory NHD report is built to surface for buyers.
- Does the seller need to sign anything separately for the hazard report?
- No — the report includes eSign, so the coordinator can route it for signature as part of the same disclosure package instead of a separate step.
- What if the property is outside a transaction coordinator's usual coverage area?
- Verity NHD covers every California county, so a coordinator can order a report for a file anywhere in the state through the same process they already use.
- Where does the Natural Hazard Disclosure fit in a TC's timeline?
- Most transaction coordinators order it in the first few days after opening escrow, since the seller's hazard disclosures have to reach the buyer before contingencies can be removed.